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Chess Books Recaptured is back for another monthly book review/recap. This month I am joined by UX designer and recently-minted chess enthusiast, Jessi Shakarian to discuss the 1921 classic, Chess Fundamentals by former World Champion, Jose Raoul Capablanca. Jessi provides the perspective of someone new to chess who was looking to learn some basics from one of the all time greats of the game. I try to give some historical perspective on the book, as well as to detail why this did not turn out to be my favorite book, despite its being written by one of my favorite players. Of course, there are still many useful insights and beautiful chess moves in the book, and we try to share a few highlights in our conversation. As always, you can find more details and timestamps below.\n\n0:00- We introduce this month's guest co-host Jessi Shakharian. Jessi shares a bit about her background and her recent deep dive into the chess world, and chess books in particular.\xa0\n\n3:45- Patreon mailbag question- \u201cWhat approach has Jessi taken to reading chess books?\u201d\n\n8:30- Patreon mailbag question- \u201cWhat tips can Ben share for how to analyze games?\nMentioned: How to Chess\u201d interview with GM Davorin Kuljasevic\n\n10:00- We discuss Jose Raoul Capablanca\u2019s background and the context of the book\u2019s publication in 1921.\xa0\nMentioned: GM Mikail Botvinnik, LiChess study with Chess Fundamentals, \xa0GM Nick DeFirmian\u2019s Chess Fundamentals Revised\xa0\nBook Recap #18 of My System with IM Christof Sielecki, Everyman\u2019s Chess Fundamentals, Martin Justesen\u2019s new version of Chess Fundamentals\xa0\n\n17:30- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com. Check out whats new from them here: New Chess Courses Online - For All Levels in all - Chessable.com\n\n18:00- What do we think of Capablanca\u2019s famed \u201clearn the endgame first\u201d philosophy? What are the pros and cons of the book itself?\xa0\n\nJostein Langstrand\u2019s Review of Chess Fundamentalsi, Edward Winter\u2019s Capablanca: A Compendium \xa0\n\n30:00- What insights does Capablanca share about the relative value of the chess pieces, especially about how the bishop compares to the knight?\n\n39:00- Chessmood offers a huge library of instructive videos. You can hear GM Avetik Grigoryan on Episode 192 of Perpetual Chess. Be sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel here.\n\n39:30- Perpetual Chess is also brought to you in part by AImchess.com. Check out the site,\nand if you decide to subscribe use the code Perpetual30 to save 30%\n40:00- What did \u201cFriend of the Show\u201d Fred Wilson think of this book? What alternative books might we recommend?\xa0\nMentioned: Fred Wilson books in NYC, Episode 86 with Fred Wilson, Learn to Play Chess Like a Boss, A First Book of Morphy, Capablanca\u2019s Best Chess Endings, Logical Chess Move by Move, Make it Stick, Episode 242 GM Surya Ganguly, How Grandmasters Memorize Opening Variations by GM Avetik Grigoryan\n\xa055:00- What grade would we give Chess Fundamentals?\xa0\nMentioned: Episode 240 Pawn Book Championship with Neal Bruce\xa0\n58:00-Coming next month- Chess is My Life with John Fernandez\xa0\nThanks to Jessi Shakarian for helping out this month!\xa0\xa0\nI will be making another donation to Chess in Slums on her behalf.\xa0\nYou can follow her on Twitter here.\xa0\xa0\n1:00:00- Blindfold Puzzles!\xa0\n\nPuzzle #1-\xa0\n1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. e5 Ne4 6. d3 Bc5! 7. dxe4\xa0\nBlack to move and win\xa0\n\nFor the answer, go to #1 here\xa0\n\nPuzzle #2-\xa0\n1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. Bc4 Ng4 7. O-O Qh4 8. h3 Nxf2 9. Qf3 Nxh3+ 10. Kh1\nBlack to move and force mate\xa0\nFor the answer, go to #2 here\xa0\n\n*\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices