More books are written about Chess than any other sport. However, that is not always good. It is like asking too many people for advice. If you read too many books, it can be confusing. Better to read 10 or 20 of the best. There are lists of these books in A Book, Progressing Through Chess and a few other critiques of which books are worth your time.
How many chess books do you have?
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Squarely wrote:
More books are written about Chess than any other sport. However, that is not always good. It is like asking too many people for advice. If you read too many books, it can be confusing. Better to read 10 or 20 of the best. There are lists of these books in A Book, Progressing Through Chess and a few other critiques of which books are worth your time.
The key is not reading more than one at a time or else it will create a confusion in your head. Better to focus on one, maybe too books (such as a pawn structure book then read a couple of games from a game collection)
Nov 14, 2014
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I guess it's a big love for books... Imagine how much knowledge is contained there. Also, it is caused by a thirst for knowledge. If you have finished devouring one book, you want another one. And another one. And so on.You could call it a mania, but it can be logically explained.
Nov 14, 2014
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tucumcari wrote:Robert0905 wrote:
how many chess books should one have to achieve a 1700 rating?
8
Why 8? Could you explain in more detail?
Nov 14, 2014
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ToddA10 wrote: If you have 7 books then you should be at 1700. If you have 8 books then you should be at 1800. If you have 9 books then you should be at 1900. Anything after that it's tougher to improve on.
What is the equation for this formula? If I had 7 horrible books, I could be at 400 level. and if I had zero books, but had plenty of other resources for study, then I could be at 1900.
Nov 14, 2014
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Robert0905 wrote:
ToddA10 wrote: If you have 7 books then you should be at 1700. If you have 8 books then you should be at 1800. If you have 9 books then you should be at 1900. Anything after that it's tougher to improve on.
What is the equation for this formula? If I had 7 horrible books, I could be at 400 level. and if I had zero books, but had plenty of other resources for study, then I could be at 1900.
I was being sarcastic.
Nov 14, 2014
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#73
ToddA10 wrote:
Robert0905 wrote:
ToddA10 wrote: If you have 7 books then you should be at 1700. If you have 8 books then you should be at 1800. If you have 9 books then you should be at 1900. Anything after that it's tougher to improve on.
What is the equation for this formula? If I had 7 horrible books, I could be at 400 level. and if I had zero books, but had plenty of other resources for study, then I could be at 1900.
I was being sarcastic.
The equation must be (number of books times 100) + 1000 , easy 
Nov 14, 2014
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#74
Ya but once you get to Grandmaster level you can't really improve 100 with each book.
Nov 14, 2014
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Robert0905 wrote:
but 1749 at 7... wow!
Scarily, he's much stronger than his current rating.
One. Silman's Complete Book of Chess Strategy. Where I learned the rage quit inducing queen pin.
Sep 16, 2015
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#78
I own 15 and have only read 2 completely, 4 partially. I still look at future prospects online, but there lies the problem, once you buy enough books to cover openings, middle game, end game, tactics, pawn structure, positional chess and a collection of annotated GM games all you really need to do is practice. I believe alot of books tend to overlap the same info. I do not plan to buy any more chess books, if I do its going to be annotated GM games.
If you have 7 books then you should be at 1700. If you have 8 books then you should be at 1800. If you have 9 books then you should be at 1900. Anything after that it's tougher to improve on.