Books that teach how to evaluate positions?

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PawnTsunami
Chesserroo2 wrote:
PawnTsunami wrote:
dfgh123 wrote:

I think the book "secrets of chess" by Lyudmil Tsvetkov is a book about about stockfish eval but I could be wrong.

It is not worth the paper it is printed on.

What do you base that on? 

I will put it this way:

The author used to troll these forums (and a few other chess forums) claiming he could beat Stockfish and that he was a vital contributor to the Stockfish project.  The book itself is nothing but a regurgitation of the (now outdated) evaluation rules used in the Stockfish evaluation function.  It is not useful to a chess player and not accurate for a chess engine writer.  Hence, not worth anything.

RussBell
Chesserroo2 wrote:
 

I'd also like to see something like this for AlphaZero.

Game Changer: AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI by Matthew Sadler & Natasha Regan 

The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement: Chess Engine Training Methods, Opening Strategies & Middlegame Techniques by Matthew Sadler 

Caution - it's heavy stuff!

Chesserroo2

I ordered Play Better Chess, Weapons of Chess, 6 Power Moves of Chess, and Secrets of Chess (Stockfish eval). I already have Silman's workbook, and that 600 position book. I might get some 300 Most Important Positions type books later.

For now I need to stop buying, and use the books I have. I bought enough for a year. Later, I'll get endgame books.

Chesserroo2

I spent over $100 on chess books, but that is less than the cost of a good telescope eyepiece.

IpswichMatt
You’ve bought some great books!

And you’ve also bought “Secrets of Chess” 🙂
PawnTsunami
IpswichMatt wrote:
You’ve bought some great books!

And you’ve also bought “Secrets of Chess” 🙂

Eh, that is a matter for debate.  Suffice it to say I think he will not like most of them nor find them all that useful, but to each their own.