When studying pick only one book and author like if you study My System by Aaron Nimzovitch set up the Chess Board work through it slowly then read his follow up Chess Praxis reading books by other authors all at the same time who's methods and approaches to Chess are different from one one another will confuse the hell out of you and not help your Chess understanding.
The piece meal approach to training and disorganized study habits are a big reason why beginners never make progress.
well so far i don't see any contradictions between any of the authors....
Not playing enough is definitely a problem. I've heard it compared to reading a lot about how swing a golf club and never actually trying to put it into practice.
If I was in your position, I'd lock myself in a room and read all the books about Mikhail Tal. Not to learn, just because his games are amazing. After you understand all of them, report back. See you in a few months, good luck!
i recently got a huge trove of chess books from a friend
my 60 most memorable games,
life and games of mikhail tal
reasses your chess/amateur's mind/
The Great predecessors vol 1-5,
art of attack,
my system,
silmans endgame,
Chess fundamentals by capablanca,
Chess tactics for champions,
tal vs botvinnik
Zurich 1953 by bronstein,
and middle game by euwe/kramer
I already played through all of the games in Fischer's 60 most memorable and im currently making my way slowly through
my system, silman's endgame course, and reassess your chess, doing 5 problems a day of the polgar tactics book, and occasionally looking through the bronstein/tal annotated games and art of attack
which ones should i get through the first?