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Morten Daugbjerg writes:
My rating on FIBS was stabilized at around 1700 b4 i read Magriel.
The only book i read before that was Jeff Ward: Winning is more fun.
I learned a lot from Ward. It gave me insigth to more advanced topics than
I thought existed in BG (yeah, I know. Its pretty non-advanced these
days:-)
Mostly I learned the play on FIBS, watching , asking, watching, and playing,
and finally asking a bit more.
I was looking very much forward to reading Magriel...
Mostly because i reckoned that I knew a lot of aspects of the game, but i
needed a better 'flow' in my game.
First time i read Magriel, I got the feeling i knew it all. Only a few
moves were new to me, mainly more ways of duplication than I had thought
of. But then i reread it, skipping the first part of the book, the
introduction to the game and tried to understand why expert players thought
highly of the book.
And i began to understand the 'flow' in the game better. The concept of
gameplans, and when to change your plan. I will not say that Magriel
changed my play dramatically, or improved it a lot, but it was definitely
worth reading. Most of the book is very basic, but each and every aspect is
important to understand, and i havent read a book since that pointed out
the basics this clear.
I feel that since then I has got a much better view of the game, a better
feeling with it, but wether its Magriel or simply playing a lot and
asking good players is hard to say. My rating on Fibs varies now between
1750 and 1850.
Bottom of the line : Read it, read it and the reread it.
Best regards,
Morten Daugbjerg aka md on FIBS
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