Chess book review, Easy Guide to the Classical Sicilian, Jouni Yrjola
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Easy Guide to the Classical Sicilian

Jouni Yrjola

  • Difficulty: Beginner, Intermediate
  • Category: Opening
  • Rating: 1600-1800
  • Readability: 1/10
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How difficult it is to read the book without using a board. A book with 10/10 readability is a bedtime story, a book with 1/10 is a puzzle book full of variations. Readability doesn’t represent the quality of the book.
  • Usefulness: 3/10
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  • 2000
  • Everyman Chess
  • Jouni Yrjola
  • Pages: 126
  • Physical

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