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Its great to start chess when you are quite young under the tutelage of a chess veteran. I notice that some players manage to get mentors later on in life. I tried to get a mentor, finally did, but that only lasted a short time. I've tried again since, communicated with a few people, but to no avail. I guess its a lot of work and time consuming, so unless the tutee is a family member, few folks wish to get that involved. Fortunately, I joined a Team that has a very excellent training program much to the credit of its captain, postalpeet. This program helps fill in the significant vacuum of a chessless (no playing on my name! LOL) childhood.
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BC Is there any particular book that you could recommend regarding Tigran Petrosian's defensive skills that would make a good study for someone at my level? Les
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i have no book on Petrosian.But study his game collections on 'chessgames.com'. But if i were to recommend any book on chess it would be 'My best games of chess' by A.Alekhine.My Dad had me study these game when i was young. By the time i was 16 i had most memorized.Besides the superb games, this book contains the clearest, most in depth,,most logical annotations, i have ever seen. www.amazon.com. I would say that anyone going over these games 2-3 times could add 150-rating points with relative ease.I did.
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