Let's Stop Avoiding Chess Books To Improve!
Hello! This is H1 and we’re going to be running it back with another episode talking about chess knowledge, chess wisdom, and chess understanding again.
Today, in this new age of taking in new ideas, you see people on their phones, TVs, and tablets. I don't like it because we used to be so studious when it came to learning. Nowadays people have an attention span that is so small they can't wait 5 seconds for something to get to the point. The sad part is I’ve fallen into this too. I watch short-form content, I can't even watch a movie without feeling aggravated about what is the point of the movie. But let me get to the cusp of this article. We need to get back to the books.
There are so many crucial chess books of advice you would miss out on the benefits. It’s like holding up a banner stating “ YOU DON’T WON’T TO WIN MORE GAMES.” So many Grandmasters have written chess books and provided us with timeless information. Tons of chess players still carry chess books that are prevalent today. Of course, there's a certain point when the majority of chess books don’t benefit you anymore. But every chess player can still benefit from these books. Just because there are opening and tactic software tools to use, doesn't mean there's not a chess book that would aid you right now. I spent most of my childhood reading chess books trying to understand concepts to become fancy with my tactical compatibilities. Something is interesting about sitting in a quiet room reading a chess book with a chessboard.
Like for example there's this book called The Art of Attack and it taught me so much about how to attack a castled king and an uncastled king in chess. I didn't even know the methods that it taught in this book before reading it. I didn't know exactly the thought process of how to conjure up an attack on the chess board, but since I read this book, now I know. I can teach it pretty well, too.
Yes, all this information is free online. You can find somebody making a video about it easily, but it depends on how fast you want to get better. How can you search for something that you don't know?
When I was younger I used to go to the library just to check subheadings of ideas I didn’t know. If there’s a bunch of things I didn't know, then I would check the book out. Even recently you can still do this. Libraries EXISTS! Maybe write down the concepts you don't know inside of the book and search them online. Not every YouTuber is going to go over every single thing that you need to know to become a grandmaster. Sometimes, you need a different perspective from somebody else because learning about chess is like a roller coaster. You lose rating, you gain rating. Then you lose it all again, wondering what’s the problem. But I'm here to say that's completely normal and we can make that improvement faster by reading a BOOK.
Keep on fighting till the end, staying focused in chess, and real life too! PEACE
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