That's a good book for beginners. I know there are some good chess books aimed for beginners, but I actually recommend avoiding chess books until intermediate to advanced level. It's not that reading chess books is too difficult, but rather that it is really time consuming. You can analyze a ton of your online games in the same length of time it takes to read a chess book from cover to cover. I've read several books, so I'm not saying they don't have their value, but I'd save books for more advanced analysis or positional ideas. Things for under 1200 level, you can probably get more efficiently through YouTube videos, playing games/analyzing etc.
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21 hrs ago
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I honestly think at <1000, drilling tactics is a better use of your time vs reading books.
Next, John Bartholomew or Daniel Naroditsky's speed run series / climbing the rating ladder series is a very good intro (found on Youtube).
17 hrs ago
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Chess books and studying them. Not reading but actually studying the isn't going to do much if any good if all you're playing is speed chess.
I am a strong proponent of studying chess books. There are many good books for beginners, which explain how masters select their moves. Chernev’s Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played and his Practical Chess Endings are books I highly recommend to newcomers. Reinfeld’s Complete Chess Course is also very good.
Beginners should focus on general principles and so should not get bogged down with books that go into advanced analysis or opening theory aimed at much stronger players.
8 hrs ago
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mikewier wrote:
I am a strong proponent of studying chess books. There are many good books for beginners, which explain how masters select their moves. Chernev’s Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played and his Practical Chess Endings are books I highly recommend to newcomers. Reinfeld’s Complete Chess Course is also very good.
Beginners should focus on general principles and so should not get bogged down with books that go into advanced analysis or opening theory aimed at much stronger players.
Liked those books suggested!
8 hrs ago
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Winning Chess Tactics - Seiriwan
Winning Chess Strategies - Seiriwan
Silman's Complete Endgame Course - Silman
The Inner Game of Chess - Soltis
Bishop vs Knight: The Verdict
Forcing Chess Moves - Charles Hertan
Yusupov's Orange Books
Yusupov's Blue Books
Yusupov's Green Books
Read them in the order listed above except the third and fourth are interchangeable which you do first. The 5th one is out of print, so you'd need to find a used copy.
7 hrs ago
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Can your chess improve by doing nothing but just playing and trying not to repeat mistakes
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Just_an_average_player136 wrote:
Can your chess improve by doing nothing but just playing and trying not to repeat mistakes
If you are successful at minimizing your mistakes, then the theoretical answer is "yes, you can improve" but the practical answer is "not much" because trying to minimize mistakes isn't as easy as just thinking that. If it was that easy, then we would all eliminate mistakes just by being aware of it.
What usually happens is you learn to minimize mistakes by the analysis just after the game. You get that immediate feedback on if what you thought mid-game was correct. You then adjust in the future from there.
Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond…
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
I am currently reading Logical Chess by Irving Chernev. I was wondering what are some good books for a beginner like me (600 elo in rapid and nothing else xd) also im open to any kind of suggestions for a beginner