the secret of chess!

Its a good book!

I learned a lot from it. 

If you dont believe me then 1v1 me blitz and i will show you!

i said blitz bro

i dont log in everyday so i cant play daily

Really?!

There is no secret in there.

It gives fundamental knowledge, which is good for n00bs like us, but doesn't really do what it's been said to be able to do.

message me when im online ok?

Plus, being a diamond member, you get auto-activated vacation time.

Two weeks ago, I bought his book Human Versus Machine, Part 1 from amazon.com (for less than $6).  It is awesome.  Amazingly well-annotated games, some covering positions and ideas rarely seen elsewhere.   https://www.amazon.com/Human-Versus-Machine-Stockfish-Komodo-ebook/dp/B0768G8R2C/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=,  It is well-written and easy to understand.

As for his magnum opus, a book that will take real effort on your part, please check out his section on pawns in The Secret of Chess (for free, and for yourself):  http://www.secretofchess.com/files/17772/ckfinder/images/pawns-exc.pdf.  Check out what GM Smerdon wrote about it:  https://www.chess.com/blog/smurfo/the-secret-of-chess ("this book is a one of a kind work that legitimately has the potential to revolutionise how we think about chess").  Wow!!

The Secret of Chess is a difficult read (but worth it - again the Kindle version is less than $6); that is why starting with Human Versus Machine, Part 1 makes sense IMHO.

"Above trolls" ? LOL

We only want to know how credible he is before buying anything. We have a brain, you know.

I cut-and-pasted my post from another thread.  Sorry about missing that part.  You are not a troll.  I will edit. Have a good day, comrade!

Here is the bulk of GM Smerdon's review of The Secret of Chess:

I feel like it would be unwise to ignore his lessons on how to evaluate closed structures, and it would not surprise me if computers tell us exactly the same thing in ten or fifteen years’ time.  

And this goes to the heart of the issue. Whether or not you believe in Tsvetkov’s chess philosophy or even just his evaluations, there’s no question that his approach to chess is fresh and different, something that’s been missing in the chess literature for a long time. I probably won’t end up a convert, but I have definitely spotted several interesting new heuristics that I will be trying out in the future. Concepts such as “vertically isolated pawns”, “twice backward pawns” and “spearhead pawns” are not things that I consciously think about when I analyse, though in a sense they sit somewhere in my chess intuition for assessment. But knowing which of these heuristics are relatively more important than others – a feature that Tsvetkov’s quantifications can address – as well as automatically bringing them into one’s decision processes, might be quite valuable. In any case, I’m going to try it out.  

Unfortunately, the combination of the textbook style without much in the way of descriptions, combined with difficult English, makes The Secret of Chess a really hard read. And given the knee-jerk rejection that many ‘classical’ chess players will feel, there’s a fair chance this book will be largely ignored by the wider chess community. But I sincerely hope this doesn’t happen. I’m almost surely in the minority, but I believe Tsvetkov’s insights could really change the way we think about chess, from how beginners learn the game to how experts improve. It’s bold, completely different and sometimes conflicts with a lot of established chess wisdom, but, just like big data analysis, meditation and veganism, that doesn’t mean there aren't some lessons to be learned, even if you don't subscribe to the whole package. If you're willing to open your mind to a new way of thinking about chess, and you're determined enough to power through the text, this book is definitely worth a read.  

https://www.chess.com/blog/smurfo/the-secret-of-chess

Hurray

GREAT!