If you enjoy the book's content and it takes a matter of weeks to get through it, it seems fair reason that you will comprehend the material. Just go through at your own pace until you get the understanding.
How to study "Endgame Strategy" by Mikhail Shereshevsky?
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Hey guys,
last month or so, I immediatly ordered the "revised and expanded edition of a chess classic" - "Endgame Strategy" by Shereshevsky, when it was published. I enjoy it so far and it is not the first endgame book I study with. However, it is the first book on practical endgames. Now I wonder, what the best way in terms of effectivness and efficeny is to study this book or similar ones that focus on giving the reader a better understanding of certain concepts instead of memorizing i. e. theoretical endgames.
Up until now, I have been putting the positions on my physical board and playing through the different lines, repeatedly if necessary. But since the many examples are rather compact, I wonder if "just" playing through them is enough. This could lead many people to just going through the book in a matter of weeks and I somehow doubt, that this is "THE" way to really comprehend the content (at least for the majority of readers).