Book Notice: Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual, 2nd Ed.
I reviewed the first edition of Mark Dvoretsky's eponymous Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual when it first came out in 2008 (and I can't believe it came out five years ago!); unfortunately, the blog where I reviewed it is now defunct. Rather than write another full-scale review, I'll offer a very brief description of what the book is about and who it's for. For those of you who are already familiar with the first edition, you need not read beyond this sentence: there are no new articles in the book; only human- and computer-based revisions to the analysis.
The book is a series of 33 stand-alone chapters in five parts, and all of them present games and game fragments with analysis-rich positions. All phases of the game are well represented in this tome with 424 large pages. The material is extremely challenging even by Dvoretsky's standards, and is most suitable for masters and up, though seriously ambitious players a bit below that might want to give it a shot. For such players, the book is highly recommended.
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Reader Comments (1)
Do you know how significant are the analytical corrections in the second edition?
Do you know if they will be available online as updates for owners of the first edition?
[DM: First question: I have no idea. There's nothing in the introductory materials to alert us to key improvements, so short of going through the 400+ pages myself one at a time (maybe comparing the two books if necessary) there's no way for me to judge just based on the text itself. Second question: Russell Enterprises doesn't have anything on their downloads page to that effect, so it seems that the answer is no, at least for now. I'd suggest writing them about it.]