chees book

mipmcpt

manchester clan

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28 May 07

mipmcpt

manchester clan

manchester

Joined: 26 Feb 06
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28 May 07

I am presently rated at 1394 i am thinking of buying reassess your chess by j silman,what do people think of it and why? cheers

onyx2006

onyx2007

watching you...

Joined: 06 Feb 06
Moves: 27029

28 May 07

great book, get it now.... nuff said.

chesskid001

USA

Joined: 22 Dec 05
Moves: 13780

28 May 07

Originally posted by mipmcpt
I am presently rated at 1394 i am thinking of buying reassess your chess by j silman,what do people think of it and why? cheers

It's a terrible "chees(e)" book. I like cheddar, mozzarella, pepper jack, etc. 😀

h9i9j9

Joined: 16 Jan 07
Moves: 1845

28 May 07

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I know this probably has been brought up a billion times in the threads, but as a addicted chess player rated between 1600 and 1800 CFC I would like to know a good book for the middle game.

Mad Rook

Joined: 19 Jun 06
Moves: 847

28 May 07

Originally posted by h9i9j9
I know this probably has been brought up a billion times in the threads, but as a addicted chess player rated between 1600 and 1800 CFC I would like to know a good book for the middle game.

It would probably be better to start a separate thread for your question instead of possibly hijacking this thread.

AlboMalapropFoozer

Joined: 02 Feb 07
Moves: 394

29 May 07

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Originally posted by mipmcpt
I am presently rated at 1394 i am thinking of buying reassess your chess by j silman,what do people think of it and why? cheers

You may find the following article helpful in determining what chess book you should purchase next.

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman06.pdf

The article may also help answer the question posed by h9i9j9

irontigran

Joined: 26 Jun 06
Moves: 59283

29 May 07

silmans book is very good....by far the best out of the ones i own..

Mahout

London

Joined: 04 Nov 05
Moves: 12606

29 May 07

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Originally posted by mipmcpt
I am presently rated at 1394 i am thinking of buying reassess your chess by j silman,what do people think of it and why? cheers

I have this book and there's no doubt it's an excellent book...but a little too advanced for me at the mo...you might get more immediate benefit from a good tactics books. Then when you're on top of the tactics you should get more from Silmans book. I've been round the block on the question of what to study and have come back to what I was told in the first place: - study tactics and endgame's. Of course this is not a suggestion to study these topics exclusively just a suggestion to make these a priority.

Yasser Seirawan has a book on tactics and a book on endgames - both are good value. Right now I'm working through John Nunn's: Learn Chess Tactics (published by Gambit) and I find it excellent.

Edit: Just seen the thread below where Ragnorak posted this website: http://www.chesstactics.org/

looks good!

Leaadas

Joined: 03 Mar 07
Moves: 132846

29 May 07

Originally posted by h9i9j9
I know this probably has been brought up a billion times in the threads, but as a addicted chess player rated between 1600 and 1800 CFC I would like to know a good book for the middle game.

How to Reasses your Chess is good for the middle game too. It teaches you how to come up with the right plan for the given position. It's not just for beginners.

To the OP, its one of the best chess books written imo. It will help your game immeasurably.