Renzo Verwer
Autor(a) de Bobby Fischer for Beginners: The Most Famous Chess Player Explained
About the Author
Renzo Verwer was born in 1972, the year The Match of the Century between Fischer and Spassky was played. He soon discovered that his own chess talent was limited, but writing about chess turned out to be a perfect substitute to channel his passion for the game.
Obras por Renzo Verwer
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Verwer, Renzo Fedor
- Data de nascimento
- 1972-09-14
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Netherlands
- Local de nascimento
- Woerden, Netherlands
- Locais de residência
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Membros
Críticas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 5
- Membros
- 17
- Popularidade
- #654,391
- Avaliação
- 2.4
- Críticas
- 1
- ISBN
- 4
- Línguas
- 1
For example: I assume that a Chess Beginner has a rather limited knowledge about concepts such as "weak pawns". I think the annotations are missing the point (i.e. in this case helping beginners) when they state that there are weak pawns in a position without identifying the weak pawns or without explaining what makes them weak.
Furthermore, the author should perhaps have said more about the final position in some of the games presented. What made the player resign? For example in the game Byrne - Fischer (1963) the author suggests a continuation which according to other sources Fischer was hoping for but a continuation that is probably not the best.
The biographical part is nicely written but adds little to what can be read about Fischer online. The annotations could have been more tailored for the intended target audience. Overall the book is a bit half cooked.… (mais)