chess books

just wanting to improve my game and am looking for good tools to help. any suggestions, books or not, would be helpful.

search this forum for the word books and you'll find a lot of threads with some good recommendations.
to start you off i'd suggest buying 'chess tactics for beginners' by Convekta which is a software program

I'm not kidding, that 'My System' by Nimzovitch, is STILL the best book to get you into 'ideas' and out of move-by-move stuff. Reading that book will improve your rating from 1100 to 1600 (OTB), easy. It will give you a foundation for how to look at the board and get through openings without a manual.

"My System" is good. I think "Reassess Your Chess" by Silman was better though 😛

Originally posted by Saint Nick
"My System" is good. I think "Reassess Your Chess" by Silman was better though 😛