Here's the story:
You probably haven't guessed it, but I'm a huge chess enthusiast who enjoys playing and learning the game. 😎
I used to play chess competitively and won a few tournaments when I was young...🏆 and still I wanted to learn everything about chess, like special moves and tactics, how to attack, how to avoid making blunders, and how to set up plan to finish the game.
I was trying very hard to understand the game; I was actively seeking mentors, but no one was available, and I honestly had no idea where to start. 🤔
I tried to study books, but there were too many openings to learn; also, traditional books take a long time, and reading bores me.🥱 I even read a book that had incorrect moves and notations when I tried to replicate them on my chessboard.🤬
I thought that having my chess board with me and the book would help me learn the best moves faster, don't get me wrong, books are helpful, but when it comes to chess books, it's challenging to master. Chess books can help us improve our games; but it will take a lot of time and its difficult to speed up the learning process if we use traditional chess books.
Most of us do this type of learning process to improve our chess game, and we try read lots of chess books - I believe that is what most professional chess players do besides having a mentor.
Having a chess book and a chess board by your side is an effective way to teach and learn chess much faster.
And as a chess enthusiast and a dad with children who also wants to learn this wonderful game, I wanted to have a way to read a book that has clear diagrams with no or few errors as much as possible and see the actual moves mentioned in the book ideally with a chessboard.
So, I went online and did my research but did not find any book with those features, but I did find an excellent book written by a World Chess Champion that teaches chess rather unconventionally. It teaches you the fundamentals but immediately focuses on the most important aspects of getting better at chess!
The only problem was that it is ancient... 📜 the book was written using an older chess notation system, and the diagrams are unclear. 🧐
