Isn't that great? You'll get your money's worth.
Some chess books read like novels. Others are like textbooks or encyclopedias.
As long as you are learning, and enjoying it, don't worry about how long it takes.
Did you ever finish reading a chess book and how long did it take you?
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Dec 3, 2017
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The book is good, I have the German edition. I went through some chapters and I want to go on. To your question: as most weak players I began several books but didn't work hard and long enough with them. I am doing a little bit better now with one of Silman's books. The things are different with digital books. There I am very consequent, and finish already several from "cover to cover", and this several times. I am working with the books published by Chessable, and there you get "badges" if you are able to train everyday for a long period of time. I worked everyday there in the last 281 days. This is not unusual, there are other students which have longer day streaks.
The thing is not only to read the whole book, but to work actively with it, and this not only once but several times. This is what very good players usually do, as for as I heard.
I'm coming to the end of what must be a two year study of 'Secrets Of Pawn Endings'. Different books have different 'densities'. The main thing is to work through them and not see the achievement as 'finishing' it. Chess is the art of analysis - this is the connecting thread of all parts of the game. We can of of course just zombie like move our pieces a la the book, but we don't get anything from it - although I still do it myself !
Well if you do the Guess the Move method of learning chess from a book with say 60 annotated games, and it takes you 1 or more hours of sustained concentration to go through each game, then it will take you a long time.
You'll learn a lot and you will receive your money's worth. It's a lot of work, no doubt about it.
Ive just started studying Chess Strategy for Club Players by Herman Grooten and I am thoroughly enjoying it. However, the pace at which it is going,it may take me months to finish.