Soltis "Study Chess Made Easy" or Heisman's revised collection of Novice Nook Columns.
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The Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Silman. Either that or a random tactic book that you should read over a couple times, such as 303 tricky chess tactics.
There are a lot like that, Heisman's The Improving Chess Thinker and Colin Crouch's Why We Lose at Chess are ones that start out similar to Silman's Reassess Your Chess, in that they take a position and ask you to evalulate it-- Crouch's ask you, in a multiple choice way, which move to play. They then delve into thought processes.
For me, the best thing I've done for my chess is just study tactics. In college I would study check mate puzzle books, but only now do I have a book that goes into "deflections" and "skewers" etc. Nunn's Learn Chess Tactics. I think I wasted a lot of reading time by not reading a book like this one.
http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/articles/books/massey.html
http://www.chess.com/blog/NimzoRoy/endgame-books
http://www.chess.com/blog/NimzoRoy/beginner-chess-book-recommendations
CAPABLANCA sez:
In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the openings and middle game must be studied in relation to the end game.
You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.
The best way to learn endings, as well as openings, is from the games of the masters.
I've met Scott Massey! He's a great guy. Your own pages on your blog are really impressive and well organized, NimzoRoy. I'll be digging through them a lot!
So chessmaster what did you end up using to improve?
Improving chess thinker
Chess Training for Budding Champions by Jesper Hall, Gambit 2001 covers various aspects of training: Analyzing, calculating, openings, endgames, pawn structures, mental training, use of a computer, inspiration, role of the trainer. The author, himself a trainer in Sweden, uses classic games but also his own and the book has excercises. It is on my 'To Do' list as it looks pretty good.
Hello can someone suggest chess books who's topics are about self improvements and please no books that just have random tactics as test and stuff or a regualr tactics book.