Chess Books On the Shelf...

Originally posted by theQuIckamerican
I'm back to chess after a long break. I recently bought Garry Kasparov's last book on Robert James Fischer, Vol. IV.

Opinions about worthwile chess books are welcomed...

I have been reading Silman's "Reassess Your Chess" and like it for many reasons.

It teaches you to always play with a plan. I find this advice extremely helpful.

The book is very readable.

It shows you how to play the position in a given situation; creating support points when you have knights; opening up the board, and placing the bishops on the long diagonals when you have bishops. In essence, it gives good advice based on the imbalances of the position, and how to accentuate those imbalances.

It also includes advice about the use of open files, preventing counterplay, and exploiting weak squares, etc.

(Edit: I now see from the other thread that I am not the only one who likes the ideas from the book.)