I agree. I learned a lot with that book. Another one I liked was "Simple Chess" by Stein I think. That was the book that taught me how to read through a whole game.
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Roma, which book are you referring too? I have not found many myself.
Feb 3, 2014
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Reassess your Chess, 4th Ed.: http://www.amazon.com/How-Reassess-Your-Chess-Fourth/dp/1890085138/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391472785&sr=1-1&keywords=reassess+your+chess
Simple Chess: http://www.amazon.com/Simple-Chess-New-Algebraic-Dover-ebook/dp/B00D2J444Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1391472838&sr=1-1&keywords=simple+chess
Thank you!
Feb 4, 2014
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hreedwork wrote:
I agree. I learned a lot with that book. Another one I liked was "Simple Chess" by Stein I think. That was the book that taught me how to read through a whole game.
This was a my first chess book and really changed the way I understood the game.
There's a separate wookbook that goes with the reassess one. copyright 2001, by Jeremy Silman. ISBN # 1-890085-05-7
Hi guys. Just a comment on book size. Edition 3 is a lot more portable than edition 4. May be relevant for commuter readers. You can get the used 3rd ed book for $6 at amazon.
@RonaldJosephCote: Thanks! I did not know.
That is a great book choice. Here's the problem. Silman recommends that you read and fully understand "The Amateur's Mind" first before tackling "Reassess". NM Heisman frequently uses "Reassess" as an example of a great book that players read too early. The trap is that you can sort of understand the concepts intellectually but below 1600 you should be working on other parts of your game. I'm just the messenger. 
Let me give you a link to Heisman's site and you can poke around and read it for yourself:
Silman Book Reading Order
"My recommended order (though all stand alone):
1) Read Reassess Your Chess through page 52. Then put it away! [Dan's note: You can skip this 1st step with the 4th ed. of How to Reassess Your Chess]
2) Read all of The Amateur's Mind.
3) Read the rest of How to Reassess Your Chess.
4) Read The Workbook.
And yes, you have to start people out with tactics and the basic mates else they will get shredded instantly.”- IM Jeremy Silman in an e-mail to Dan, 11/16/2001.
ive been working very hard studying this book for 6 months and find its been helping me understand chess more this is the first book that i dont mind putting time in to. and will read again.is there more books out there which are just as good.