Has anyone read both The Inner game of Chess and How to choose a Chess move?
They are both by Andrew Soltis and I already have the latter. I'm going to get this one too hoping they are different enough to learn something more. I really like the subject of the book and I have always thought that visualization was extremely important.
I recently finished "The Inner Game of Chess" and have bought a copy of "How to Choose a Chess Move". There is a degree of overlap, but Inner Game focuses primarily on how to calculate. I've only browsed the table of contents of How to Choose, but it appears to address the overall thought process in chess. Calculation is, of course, part of the thought process and so is included in How to Choose, but Inner Game goes into calculation much more deeply.
I believe both books are worthwhile, but they probably should be done in the opposite order: moving from the general How to Choose to the specific Inner Game.
Endgame studies and puzzles are ideal start to develop calculation skills. Fewer pieces on the board makes it simpler.