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hi i wanna start read chess books, my list are : 1. My System 2. Silman's complete endgame course 3. Italian opening is it good to read all of them in the same time t.ex. one hour each , or finish one then read next one ??

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I see that you're new to chess.com, and I'm guessing you're fairly new to chess. First of all, don't read My System; it'll only confuse the hell out of you. If you must read Nimzowitsch then read My Praxis. When I read My Praxis I made a commitment to start at the beginning and play through at least one game a day. Even if I was sick or busy I could still manage one game. When I arrived at the end of a section I would mentally review all the games in that section to see what lessons I had learned. If I couldn't remember what I learned from a game, then I played it over again.

If you want to read a great classic of the hypermodern era, then read Masters of the Chessboard by Richard Reti. It's highly accessible, and traces the evolution of chess thinking through the games of past masters.

One last suggestion: get a book of endgame problems, and solve them. You'll simultaneously learn endgames and how to calculate.

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no

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odyson, why would you discredit 'My System' to someone who is in the 1500-1900 range in chess skills? He might be new to chess.com but don't automatically assume he is new to chess.

'My System' is absolutely a great book to read, even if you may not completely understand it. It took several read-throughs before I was able to grasp everything in the book. This book single handedly raised my USCF rating 450 points, just by learning certain concepts that I didn't understand when I was 1200/1300. Pawn centralizing, fighting for the center, opening concepts, blockading, bad/sick pieces, opposition, etc. 

I wouldn't recommend skipping around in a bunch of different books, but rather read one book at a time, especially with books dealing with the same topic. I don't see the harm in reading one book, such as 'My System' and then reading a tactical book that has puzzles in it, for example. Remember that not all chess material was created equal! 

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salam mən Qabiləm. mənə elə gəlir ki , şahmatı öyrənmək üçün düşünmək lazımdır. və çoxlu debüt izləmək lazımdır.

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 salam olsun arkadaşım

and thanks for all