Football and Chess: Tactics, Strategy, Beauty

Easy and fun to read, this book will draw out that Mourinho or Kasparov in you and give you another view of this two world games.

Not for everyone but author cleverly overlays famous chess matches on famous football matches to illustrate strategies and tactics. It's a relatively simple book and thought provoking - for me as a coach for young soccer players. My 11 year old son who loves to play both games has taken to it as well.

The author keeps hammering in exactly the same thesis without ever going deeper into any interesting line of thoughts. "If you think about it, the rooks are kind of like the wingers in soccer because they both attack down the flanks!" - this startling revelation is repeaated several times. Anyone with even the most basic understanding of soccer tactics understand it already and will be dissapointed in the simplistic approach the author has.If you already have accepted the obvious correlations between chess and soccer, there is nothing in this book for you.

Amazed the link between football and chess isn't discussed more often tbh. As a fan of both I really enjoyed this book, insightful, interesting and an enjoyable read. Highly recommend

サッカーは選手ごとに様々な特徴があり、まるでチェスの駒のようですよね。この「個」を繋ぎ合わせて作り出す戦術について貴著ではチェスに例えて説明しています。サッカー単体での戦術解説も明快でためになりました。ただし、貴著を網羅するにはチェスの基本(最低限、駒ごとの動き方は把握するべき)を知った上で貴著を読むと「チェスを通してサッカーを学ぶ」、著者の思いを読み取ることができると思います。

Ok book

far more rudimentary than expected. very cheaply produced book.

simplifies football and chess theories, opening the door to more complex iterations.