Chess Books

whats the best way to read a chess book?

whats methods i should use to get the best use.

Weren't you the guy who claimed there was somebody that didn't play competitive chess who could beat Kasparov or Carlsen?

Also, go Pats. You guys are going down Monday.

To answer your question, I would say start with basic endgames, and then study tactics and one opening of your choice.

Edit: http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/kasporov-and-karpov

^yup

no

chess tactics and strategy

If you want to improve it will take alot of work, patient, and no laziness..

Get endgame books, Tactical books, and Strategy, Start with Tactics (for around 2 months, 2 hours a day... im not kidding) and eventually work your way through, Tactics are more important then any of these...

why? Cause lower rated people usually make tactical mistakes.. strategies wont get them anywhere (until your a 1700+ player) and your likely not gonna go in an endgame., and openings dont do any good for lower rated players.... But thats just my view.. feel free to hate :)

you ready?

rewrite the book.

When I studied Tarrasch's "The Game of Chess," I made myself visualize all the variations in the annotations without resorting to a physical board. This greatly improved my ability to visualize and to calculate moves in advance.

from cover to cover, atleast twice.

with a chess board or just reading the book

I think it's good to try and go through as much as possible in your head without a set, because it's good for visualization practice. But then go through and play it out over a board, also, just to make sure you didn't miss anything about the position and can really see what the author is talking about. Then if you missed anything going through it in your head the first time, play it out in your head a second time.

That's for the first reading of the book. If it's a good book, definitely read it a second time - and do the same thing again.

--Fromper