How to Analyze better?

Are there any books that teach u how to analyse better?

There are a couple like Secrets of Practical chess and Think like a grandmaster but what do you guys prefer?

Its my bullet rating

You're probably running out of book-based thread topics now, so may I suggest you go to 'Books I definitely won't buy,' 'Books I probably wouldn't buy, but may borrow from the library if they have a copy,' and then perhaps 'Books that have nothing to do with chess that I might buy at the same time I buy books about chess, in the hope that they might supplement my intellectual development enough to allow mye to absorb the chess-based material better.'

Seriously though, this is a fine topic, and I'm glad someone raised it, but you made it a third topic about books for you to buy in two days?

Yes because I want to know what people think of in different "topic" of chess in books

I would be more inclined to get a few good GM game collection books that are well annotated to work on calculation, especially if you can play through them with an engine running.

What do you call analyzing ? Is it post-mortem, or thinking during the game ?

Sorry i ment thinking during the game, how to think of candidate moves etc..

Well, there are many methods, but I don't think you really need a book here, as most of it comes with experience, and as your level of play increases, most of the thinking is done subsconsciously anyway...

In a nutshell :

• "What is my opponent threatening, what is he trying to do ?"
• "Do I have any check, capture, threatening move ? Let's calculate them..."
• "What's the next move in my plan ?"
• "I don't have a plan, how can I improve my worst piece ?"

Ah, and as Nunn and Tisdall have rightly pointed out, the Kotov's tree of analysis method just doesn't work, so you don't really need his famous book

 I've seen a number of "check list" style analysis systems, but I've never seen one that includes, "I don't have a plan, how can I improve my worst piece?" I think this is an excellent step, and I think I will employ this method during games on a trial basis.  

What I'd do is just forget about books, and see the most forcing lines or train tactics. But don't don't take my word for it, I'm just a 1300 :(

I have think like a grandmaster on pdf I can send it to you whenever you want it.

But that's a copyright breach, right ?

idk I I've done it before if its illegal i'll stop but i havent gotten a warning or anything.

Shall we call Anova (owners of Batsford chess books rights) to check if they enforce their copyrights or just stop advertising the .pdf ?

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ok ill stop from now on

You can download PDF's who cares your not the first person to download anything illegal.. probably the billionth person to do so.

lol

Sorry, but I do care : piracy is just killing the chess book publishing industry...

Agreed Estragon, but I have respect for people who put a lot of work into writing, that's why I can't help reacting to this kind of proposal... 

I think Play like a Grandmaster by Kotov is great for your purpose.

I haven't read the calculation part, but I like the analysing and planning part a lot. Great explainations, advices and examples.

Yes, the book is advanced for players like me (about 1520 otb), but focusing on the main ideas and ignoring the difficult variations helped me a lot. A book I will read every 100-150 point I climb!