How to Reassess Your Chess
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Pros
- I’ve been looking at “how to reassess your chess” as a very commonly recommended one.
- How To Reassess your Chess by Silman is excellent for developing your positional awareness
- For positional play, I would recommend his "How to Reassess Your Chess" at your level.
- Another thing I’d recommend is getting the book “How to reassess your chess, 4th edition” by Jeremy Sillman. Completely changed how I approach my games and the positions im in.
- Possibilities recommendations (in order, if you haven't read them): "How To Reassess Your Chess," "The Art of Attack", "Understanding Chess, Move by Move" by Nunn.
Cons
- I have three books: An openings book Silman’s Complete Endgame guide How to Reassess Your Chess 4th edition.
- IIRC, the fourth edition was a complete rewrite, a verbose tome, without the puzzles.
- The Fourth Edition is a much bigger book, and it feels like he tends to digress a lot. So the 3rd Edition will give you a much more raw dose of Silman's approach. By the time he wrote the Fourth Edition, he relaxed his approach... so the...
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Trust + time weighted score: +84% · raw score 83%
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I’ve been looking at “how to reassess your chess” as a very commonly recommended one.
How To Reassess your Chess by Silman is excellent for developing your positional awareness
For positional play, I would recommend his "How to Reassess Your Chess" at your level.
Another thing I’d recommend is getting the book “How to reassess your chess, 4th edition” by Jeremy Sillman. Completely changed how I approach my games and the positions im in.
Possibilities recommendations (in order, if you haven't read them): "How To Reassess Your Chess," "The Art of Attack", "Understanding Chess, Move by Move" by Nunn.
I have three books: An openings book Silman’s Complete Endgame guide How to Reassess Your Chess 4th edition.
middlegames through how to reassess your chess (only read up until the rooks chapter) and Daniel naroditsky speedruns... Daniel naroditsky’s speedruns complemented how to reassess your chess for me
You're correct in that How to Reassess Your Chess has a formalized process for breaking down a position. It would be my recommendation even if I suspect you're otherwise at the strong end of players able to benefit a lot from it.
Read how to reassess you chess by Jeremy silman and study the theory on the queens gambit declined it will show you why the line with 5.Nge2 is more of a defensive maneuver for active counterplay on the middlegame
"How to Reassess Your Chess" is better, but might be a touch advanced for you.
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