Chess books are written by grandmasters which are usually stronger than an average player... High level books will rarely re-invent the wheel when it comes to chess or your knowledge of it there-of, but it will always say intesting things that you can pick up on. If you really want to improve and I mean alot, forget that crumy "sage" advice about studying the endgame and middle-game, study openings and the ideas that appear, focus on pawn structures that can arise and how to play with them, learn alot of traps. If you screw up in the middle or endgame you can work on it, but if you start a game out wrong there may not be any "good moves to play" so learn openings!
Chess Secrets
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Hello, there. I have recently become interested in purchasing Chess Secrets: The Giants of Chess Strategy by Everyman Chess. I have read Winning Chess Strategies and I am reading Winning Chess Endings soon. (I have aslo read all the other Winning Chess series books.) My point is, based on the books I have read, is this book going to teach me anything new, or do I know what it's going to say already?
I am not a beginner, so I should be able to understand everything it says in there.