I highly recommend "The Amateueur's Mind" by Silman. It reads more like a book than a bunch of notation and, despite the title, is pretty deep. He spends a lot of time exploring common mistakes in strategy and position, not just tactics. Hope that helps.
So, here's my dilemma: I got some money for Christmas and I want to get a Chess book that will help me advance my game. The thing is, there are so many to choose from and it's so hard to decide!
Right now, the only Chess book I have is 'The Mammoth Book of World's Greatest Chess Games', by Burgess, Nunn & Emms. It's a good game collection and it's well annotated and instructive, plus it has 125 games, so I probably don't need another game collection right now. I don't really consider myself a beginner, so I don't want something that teaches how the pieces move and that I'll know half of already.
I don't really want a book on openings, as I think at my level I should be focusing more on tactics/strategy/endgames. I'm guessing it probably isn't worth getting a book on tactics either, since I've got TT and other online resources for that.
I think I'm pretty strong in the endgame for my level, so maybe something on strategy would be good. Can anybody recommend me something good for my level? I like Silman's articles and teaching style, so I'm thinking about getting one of his books, or are those too advanced for me? If not then which one is good to start with?
Thanks in advance! T4T