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You are not old if you are in the 50ies. I am 72 and is very active here and elsewhere. You are still a beginner so if you want to really improve skip advanced books for now. Emms has written two good early stage books now also available in a single volume. Try that and enjoy.
Sep 23, 2023
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#26
...but not too much books... Only a few which You are really comfortable with.
Me, I have just 5 books...
By the way, I am 57 now and have started with (serious) chess playing when I was 50.
Sep 23, 2023
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#27
Unread books are the promise of future knowledge. You cannot have too many. I have about 500 on chess, which is perhaps 20% of my personal home library. I tell my wife that we need a larger house. She tells me about Kindle.
First word?
Sep 23, 2023
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#29
Ziryab hat geschrieben:
Unread books are the promise of future knowledge. You cannot have too many. I have about 500 on chess, which is perhaps 20% of my personal home library. I tell my wife that we need a larger house. She tells me about Kindle.
So maybe it is a good business-idea for You and Your wife: Open Your own library...or even Your own chess-college... 
Sep 23, 2023
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#30
nik1111 wrote:
Kasparov's teacher and menthor Botvinik called: "Chess Fundamentals" by Capablanca "The best ever written book about chess". Warning: you have free downloads over the net but choose one with original Capablanca annotations (not the one edited by editor "Nick" (last name forgotten)).
Yes, avoid Nick DeFirmian’s vandalism against this classic. Get the algebraic one done by Batsford (now Everyman). See http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2021/01/advice-for-beginners.html
Sep 23, 2023
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#31
Temnink wrote:
Ziryab hat geschrieben:
Unread books are the promise of future knowledge. You cannot have too many. I have about 500 on chess, which is perhaps 20% of my personal home library. I tell my wife that we need a larger house. She tells me about Kindle.
So maybe it is a good business-idea for You and Your wife: Open Your own library...or even Your own chess-college...
Nope. Other people do not treat my books with kindness. Some write with pens. Some break spines. Some dogear pages.
I do teach chess, though.
Sep 24, 2023
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#32
Simple Chess: A great explanation of strategy, making it very easy to understand. You have it on YT as well: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUrgfsyInqNbkyiwPSSBQ6ALkkccKItPE
there are chess books that are fun. And there are chess books that are work. in post #24, there is a book in the stack called GM Ram by Ziyatdinov and Dyson.it was definitely work. that book was responsible for me jumping up almost 200 points USCF. I would recommend it to everyone regardless of level.
Sep 24, 2023
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#34
chessterd5 wrote:
there are chess books that are fun. And there are chess books that are work. in post #24, there is a book in the stack called GM Ram by Ziyatdinov and Dyson.it was definitely work. that book was responsible for me jumping up almost 200 points USCF. I would recommend it to everyone regardless of level.
That book drives me to study other books. I’ve have not taken the time to learn all 256 positions, but have studied quite a few in great depth. I was working a lot with that book about ten years ago. About two months ago, I was studying the bishop vs. rook endings therein. A couple of them are quite difficult to wrap my head around.
#34, yes the premise of the book is spot on! there's something in it for everyone. I believe that just playing through the 50 classical games will make you a better chess player. I like how he does not explain the positions. YOU have to go and find the positions elsewhere and study the solution or idea.
How about going to a library and choose one (or more) book(s) at Your leisure ?