For me it was reading Soltis' Pawn structure chess book, and Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual.
Endgames are an important part of middlegame strategy, because otherwise you don't know which piece trades and structures are favorable, a draw, or impossible.
And then the Soltis book is just a solid strategy book.
And even though Hikaru was a big dork, recommending Dvoretsky's Endgame book to no one below 2400, it's actually fine. I read it at 1600. If all you learn is the blue diagrams (there are over 200 of them) then you'll learn a lot... and some of the blue diagrams are easy enough for beginners.
@llama44 i've downloaded Soltis' book for pawn structures. It's a big book. I've enlisted and wont be home after june 5th. So i don't have much time left. Any parts can you suggest me to look first?
Start at the beginning 
It's organized by type of structure, so I guess you could start anywhere, but the real benefit of the book isn't any one section, but its collective knowledge. The position types are different, and you learn new things, but at the same time the core ideas are being shown again and again.
I don't really know how to improve these areas in my game and I feel I'm constantly making inaccuracies during the middle game. just wandering if any premium member has found a good coarse that helped them improve. I find that people give an example of a game showing you how a game was won with a fabulous outpost but as soon as you play a game with your new found knowledge your back at square one.
Chess strategy for the tournament player, helped me a lot.
For me it was reading Soltis' Pawn structure chess book, and Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual.
Endgames are an important part of middlegame strategy, because otherwise you don't know which piece trades and structures are favorable, a draw, or impossible.
And then the Soltis book is just a solid strategy book.
The real benefit from dvoretsky's endgame manual, comes from the black text.
For me it was reading Soltis' Pawn structure chess book, and Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual.
Endgames are an important part of middlegame strategy, because otherwise you don't know which piece trades and structures are favorable, a draw, or impossible.
And then the Soltis book is just a solid strategy book.
The real benefit from dvoretsky's endgame manual, comes from the black text.
Yeah yeah, you're a low key troll, whatever
For me it was reading Soltis' Pawn structure chess book, and Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual.
Endgames are an important part of middlegame strategy, because otherwise you don't know which piece trades and structures are favorable, a draw, or impossible.
And then the Soltis book is just a solid strategy book.
The real benefit from dvoretsky's endgame manual, comes from the black text.
Yeah yeah, you're a low key troll, whatever
That's where the detailed analysis is, the blue text is enough for casual players, but if you have hopes of becoming a FM, the black text is a must.
All the black text is more than an FM can handle
But yes, I played over all of it, and it helped because even if you absorb 2% of it, that's something.
All the black text is more than an FM can handle
But yes, I played over all of it, and it helped because even if you absorb 2% of it, that's something.
I have dvoretsky's endgame manual, and I read the black text, and I don't have any problems understanding it.
Being shown a good move, and thinking it's good is one thing... but finding a good move in a sea of potentially good moves during a game is incredibly hard.
Being shown a good move, and thinking it's good is one thing... but finding a good move in a sea of potentially good moves during a game is incredibly hard.
After my first 3 seconds of thinking, I already know what move to play. The rest of my thinking time, is trying to prove myself wrong.
Yeah yeah, you're hiding it less and less...
No, I have a very strong intuition compared to my cognitive chess playing skills. I am not the only one to say this, magnus carlsen says that he knows what move to play in the first few seconds.
For me it was reading Soltis' Pawn structure chess book...
Kmoch's "Pawn Power in Chess" is what brought my game to a new level. Nimzovich's "My System" gave me a lot to think about, too.
Then there's GM Larry Evans "New Ideas in Chess"... published in 1958, so they are old ideas by now... which gave me an entirely different way of looking at middle-game positions. I summarized some of his key points in this thread:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/gm-larry-evans-method-of-static-analysis
Of course. All chess players say it. That's why it's a trolly comeback.
Are trying to troll me?
Good Positional Chess, Planning & Strategy Books for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/introduction-to-positional-chess-planning-strategy
I don't really know how to improve these areas in my game and I feel I'm constantly making inaccuracies during the middle game. just wandering if any premium member has found a good coarse that helped them improve. I find that people give an example of a game showing you how a game was won with a fabulous outpost but as soon as you play a game with your new found knowledge your back at square one.