Which one is better to improve your chess?..

The Amateur's Mind or Reassess Your Chess Workbook

 I want to buy one of them but I don't know which one...

Dan Heisman's Chess show last night had the same question ! He says study Amateurs Mind first , then Reassess York Chess when your rating is 1700 and above.

I have both books , but not the workbook. What is that like ?

Tony

I found the Reassess Your Chess Workbook the best chessbook I ever bought.  Its the only book that taught me anything that I could actually use to help find moves at the board - with the exception of some opening systems I learned from Romans Lab DVD's.  The ideas about imbalances and how to use them is fundamental to planning moves.

The Amateur's mind is a definite first. Understanding WHY you are making a particular move is what I got out of it.

I think Silman's Endgame manual is his most important for early players who want to master chess, but I hear the workbook is great--can you buy a non paper version for your laptop?

 Why not work on both, Silman's Endgame book and Amateur's Mind? Both are useful and it'd break up the study in a good way.

Thanks for your comments. I think I should get both of them.

I have Amatuer's Mind, very helpful, and his Endgame manual, which is also very helpful.  However, if you're not a C rated player or higher, you only use a small portion of the book, and you can get pretty much all the info from Amatuer's Mind coupled with his "Complete Book of Chess Strategy".  I was going to get the Reassess books, but waiting until the 4th edition comes out.

Yes, I have been trying to get solid info on when the 4th ed will be released but .... no info so far....