Chess book review, The Art of the Tarrasch Defence, Alexey Bezgodov
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The Art of the Tarrasch Defence

Alexey Bezgodov

  • Difficulty: Advanced
  • Category: Opening
  • Rating: 1600-1800, 1800-2000
  • Readability: 3/10
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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: 5/10
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Usefulness is a measure of how useful the book is for chess improvement within the topic it covers. Books with a high usefulness score should help you improve quicker than those with a low score.
Full review coming soon.
  • 2018
  • New in Chess
  • Alexey Bezgodov
  • Pages: 320
  • Physical, Electronic

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