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Hi， do you know which chess books are good fits for a chess.com elo 1600 player?

for endgames, which following book is better between Fundamental Chess Endings , Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual , Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics？ Or you can recommend other materials

for openings ,which opening repertoire series are better between Chess Openings for White/Black, Keep It Simple 1.e4/d4/for Black? Or you can recommend other materials

for middle games, do you have some recommendations ?

Thank you in advance!!!

For endings, De la Villa's "100 endgames you must know" is a fine book, which keeps things simple for a new player.

For openings, I would rather go for Sielecki's "Keep it Simple 1.e4", and I would prefer the first edition over the second, because it does keep things really simple, and also because the absolute value of an opening is irrelevant: Today all major openings lead to equality, and also because they are the least important part of the game for everyone up to 2000+. Same goes for a Black repertoire, just pick anything authored by a good player as long as it is simple and lite.

The most important thing is of course tactics and strategy/planning. There are a lot of great books there, but a fairly recent one made a great impression to me. It is Sam Shankland's "Small Steps to Giant Improvement", which can be used b y intermediates but also by post-beginners- but it must be a SLOW read.

And of course one cannot go wrong with Yusupov's fantastic training courses on Quality Chess, which are still top notch if you follow the author's instructions about the way they must be used.

As far as endgame books - Fot those under 2000 over the board, Silman's Complete Endgame Course is best.

For those Over 2000, Fundamental Chess Endings is best.

Dvoretkey's book is best suited for those over 2400. Only book that is harder to comprehend is his analytical manual.

Openings? Stick with opening concepts until you reach 1600 over the board, which is much higher than 1600 here.

Middle game? It's hard to say. Sounds like the Alburt or Seiriwan books would be too easy. An important one, which they reprinted, is Andrew Soltis' "The Inner Game of Chess", which I read when I was about 1400 over the board.

Regarding to "and also because the absolute value of an opening is irrelevant" ,do you mean as a player below 2000, I should take more time on middle games and endings but not on openings?

For endings, De la Villa's "100 endgames you must know" is a fine book, which keeps things simple for a new player.

For openings, I would rather go for Sielecki's "Keep it Simple 1.e4", and I would prefer the first edition over the second, because it does keep things really simple, and also because the absolute value of an opening is irrelevant: Today all major openings lead to equality, and also because they are the least important part of the game for everyone up to 2000+. Same goes for a Black repertoire, just pick anything authored by a good player as long as it is simple and lite.

The most important thing is of course tactics and strategy/planning. There are a lot of great books there, but a fairly recent one made a great impression to me. It is Sam Shankland's "Small Steps to Giant Improvement", which can be used b y intermediates but also by post-beginners- but it must be a SLOW read.

And of course one cannot go wrong with Yusupov's fantastic training courses on Quality Chess, which are still top notch if you follow the author's instructions about the way they must be used.

I think White should resign instead of wasting his or her time . It's my opinion.

Sam Shankland once developed a course named Endgame Strategy, I want to know ,

is this a good course ?

is this a good course for me? (is that lesson too hard for me to learn?)

This course is an expansion of an all time classic, Shereshevsky's "Endgame Strategy".

Yes, it is great, but only for advanced players.

Is "Shereshevsky's Endgame Strategy" the one with the copyright violation, or was that a different book of his.

Shereshevky's book is actually a collage of lectures that happened in Dvoretsky's Chess Academy in the early nineties. Shereshevsky just added the prose, and he did remarkably well at that.

As far as endgame books - Fot those under 2000 over the board, Silman's Complete Endgame Course is best.

For those Over 2000, Fundamental Chess Endings is best.

Dvoretkey's book is best suited for those over 2400. Only book that is harder to comprehend is his analytical manual.

Openings? Stick with opening concepts until you reach 1600 over the board, which is much higher than 1600 here.

Middle game? It's hard to say. Sounds like the Alburt or Seiriwan books would be too easy. An important one, which they reprinted, is Andrew Soltis' "The Inner Game of Chess", which I read when I was about 1400 over the board.

Could you tell me what will be a player's elo on chess.com if he reach 1600 over the board?

And do you think study master's game is useful for a post-beginner like me?

What kind of a chess.com elo 1600 player belong to ? a post-beginner or an intermediate player?

Could you tell me what will be a player's elo on chess.com if he reach 1600 over the board?

And do you think study master's game is useful for a post-beginner like me?

What kind of a chess.com elo 1600 player belong to ? a post-beginner or an intermediate player?

1600 (FIDE) is a low rating. The rating base has raised to 1400 since a couple of years ago, so a new ~1600 is an old ~1330, which is low by any standards.

That is a bit of an overloaded question.

Rating systems are vastly different. As far as over the board ratings, as pfren mentioned, FIDE starts at 1400, but that does not make you 1400 just by playing a rated game. You are merely unrated if you are that weak that you cannot beat anybody. USCF, bottom is 100, and you are rated even if you lose every game.

There is no direct comparison to chess.com as chess.com is all bullet, rapid, and blitz.

Some players are good at seeing quick tactics, but have ZERO understanding of chess strategy or positional play. There are players out there that may be 2200 on chess.com, but in reality, they are 1000 (going based on USCF) over the board or even lower than that!

Other people, like myself, play a lot over the board. With my higher age, my rating fluctuates more than it used to. I range from 1900 to 2100 USCF over the board (1790 to 1950 FIDE), and my online blitz here has fluctuated between 1850 and 2030 (in between my FIDE and USCF). For other people, I have seen some where their over the board is way higher than their online.

It is two totally different things. Just playing online at chess.com may improve your tactics and blitz play, but over the board requires a totally different skill set, and far more accurately determines your skill in chess.

With online blitz, you could play 1.h4 and it wouldn't different your results much at all because blitz is all about quick findings of tactics and quick decision making. In over the board, you will fail playing 1.h4. Correspondence, where computers are used, like at iccf.com, you will lose every time playing 1.h4.

This is why over the board is the best factor to use to determine true skill. No computers. No just blitzing out your opponent and constantly winning lost positions on time by just premoving the king. It is when this number gets to 1600 that you should start focusing on openings, and STRICTLY those that follow opening concepts to the letter, like the Ruy Lopez and Queen's Gambit with both colors.

You probably should be 1800 over the board before you start getting into those that violate basic strategy, like those that relinquish the center like the Grunfeld or those where you move your queen early like the Scandinavian.

I was referring more to USCF, but if you were to use FIDE, it would be more the "old" 1600 FIDE than the "New" 1600 FIDE that I'd advise start on opening play study.

1600 (FIDE) is a low rating. The rating base has raised to 1400 since a couple of years ago, so a new ~1600 is an old ~1330, which is low by any standards.