I am 1150 on chess.com I want to improve myself more and more and reach at least 1400 to 1600 rate fast.
What should I do? and what books would you suggest to my level?
and thank you all
You've come to the right place; RussBell will be along shortly...
Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
Definitely read 'Alexander Alekhine: Master Of Attack' by Maxim Chetverik and Alexander Raetsky and 'How to Play Chess Endings' by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. Also, I've not read 'Learn from Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games' by Eric Schiller, but from the sample I've read, I think it's a great book.
When I first began re-introducing myself to chess, and wanted to begin serious study, I contacted Dan Heisman with a question about Silman's Reassess Your Chess. Mr. Heisman was gracious enough to respond to my email with helpful advice how a so-called novice player should begin their study. In part, his response is included below:
At “Novice” level you want to concentrate on 3 things:
If you can do those things you can beat half the tournament players in the US. But Silman’s book is all about relatively advanced strategy, and strategy is fun and helpful but doesn’t usually decide games when both players are under 1500 – safety issues do.
So if you are using books you want to start with books like Logical Chess Move by Move by Chernev, Everyone's First Chess Workbook - Peter Giannatos, Bain’s Chess Tactics for Students, Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Coakley, etc (see my book page and my book list page https://www.danheisman.com/recommended-book-lists.html ). Put the great Silman book away for a while 😊
Bottom line for my way of thinking is to learn how to not give pieces away for free and become thoroughly grounded in basic tactics. I used to be a professional musician and I consider practicing tactics in chess analagous to studying scales in music.
Definitely read 'Alexander Alekhine: Master Of Attack' by Maxim Chetverik and Alexander Raetsky and 'How to Play Chess Endings' by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. Also, I've not read 'Learn from Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games' by Eric Schiller, but from the sample I've read, I think it's a great book.
I haven't read Schiller's book either, but I know of only 1 or 2 of his books that are any good. Most of his books are garbage. Be careful with that one...
When I first began re-introducing myself to chess, and wanted to begin serious study, I contacted Dan Heisman with a question about Silman's Reassess Your Chess. Mr. Heisman was gracious enough to respond to my email with helpful advice how a so-called novice player should begin their study. In part, his response is included below:
At “Novice” level you want to concentrate on 3 things:
If you can do those things you can beat half the tournament players in the US. But Silman’s book is all about relatively advanced strategy, and strategy is fun and helpful but doesn’t usually decide games when both players are under 1500 – safety issues do.
So if you are using books you want to start with books like Logical Chess Move by Move by Chernev, Everyone's First Chess Workbook - Peter Giannatos, Bain’s Chess Tactics for Students, Winning Chess Strategy for Kids by Coakley, etc (see my book page and my book list page https://www.danheisman.com/recommended-book-lists.html ). Put the great Silman book away for a while 😊
Bottom line for my way of thinking is to learn how to not give pieces away for free and become thoroughly grounded in basic tactics. I used to be a professional musician and I consider practicing tactics in chess analagous to studying scales in music.
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I am 1150 on chess.com I want to improve myself more and more and reach at least 1400 to 1600 rate fast.
What should I do? and what books would you suggest to my level?
and thank you all