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For which rating is silman’s how to reasses your chess appropriate? How about silman’s strategy guide?
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For which rating is silman’s how to reasses your chess appropriate? How about silman’s strategy guide?
Mar 28, 2021
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I have seen widely discrepant opinions on the appropriate rating levels for aspiring chess improvers who want to study Silman's "How to Reassess Your Chess". Experienced coaches seem to suggest that the book is aimed or best suited for those between 1600 & 2000 USCF. Others have lower estimates starting around 1200 ( not sure if that's online, FIDE or USCF). I feel that a disciplined motivated chess player who is willing to work carefully through the book would probably gain the most if they were at least 1300 USCF. But much depends on individual effort and effective practice.
Silman's HTRYC is marketed to be appropriate for players rated 1400+. In my experience the book is more appropriate for more highly rated players - minimum 1500, but realistically 1600+ Elo. If you are uncertain that the book might be a bit too difficult, I would suggest Silman's "The Amateur's Mind" which is excellent and appropriate primarily for players in the 1100 (minimum) - 1700 Elo range. Silman's "Complete Book of Chess Strategy" can be useful for serious post-beginners and novices.
Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
I think it depends. I am only 1300 but if I am slowly approaching the subject, I learn a lot!
22 days ago
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I think you should get the basics of tactics, attack and defense first. Jumping straight to a book on planning may not be the best of ideas. But you still get good insights on chess, like when to exchange a bishop for a knight, the basics of weak pawns (isolated, backwards, doubled etc.), the basics of weak squares etc.
So you can begin the book at maybe 1100+...and then revisit it as you get stronger. (1900 to 2000+).
The thing is : at the lower levels, it may not give dramatic results. You must still know the foundations of chess like basic tactics, opening principles etc,.
Even if you are advanced, learning the Silman technique may make you weaker, at first, before you get stronger.
You can just start right away. When I was probably around 1000, I was already reading Nimzo-vitche's "my system" which some people would say is very advanced.