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How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course | 
 enlarge | Author: Jeremy Silman
Publisher: Silman-James Press,U.S.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 52966
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3#Expanded#e.
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 402
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 1890085006
Dewey Decimal Number: 794.12
EAN: 9781890085001
ASIN: 1890085006
Publication Date: March 1, 1997
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 Complete chess training July 1, 2006
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is probably the best book on middlegame and endgame strategy available.
It explains the way to judge positions in a systematic way. It summarizes methods in clear and easy to memorize rules.
There are two minor points of critique:
Some of the positions are too complicated and should be replaced with clearer illustrations. For instance: the endgame Botwinnik-Bronstein is chosen as a clear example of the bishop pair, while some variations that are not quit clear are not mentioned.
In the literature list, there is one glaring ommission:
Bonstein, Zuerich 1953 is missing, while it is perhaps
the best tournament book ever, and Bronstein's commentary
retains it's significance even today.
That being said, you won't regret buying this book. Indeed
it will be a source of inspiration, during periods when, like
any other chessplayer, experiences a period of bad form.
THE best book for REALLY learning to understand positional chess. June 14, 2006
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
A lot of positive reviews are written for this book and having read it (and re-read it) myself, I can see why.
This book is nothing short of fantastic.
If you've ever wanted to understand chess in a positional context while learning a wholly useable method for formulating a plan of action and selecting the candidate moves that bring that plan to fruition then this is the book for you.
Mr.Silman manages to teach you these things with effortless skill using flowing examples and analysis all delivered with sparkling wit and good humour that make the learning a pleasure not a chore.
Useful nuggets of advice are littered through the text and he even gives you a full glossary of chess terms and an extensive recommended reading list covering every phase of the game.
Get a copy of the companion book - The Reassess Your Chess Workbook - too!
Club Player Buy it May 12, 2002
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
Brilliant Book, Excellent Clear and concise language...Silman gives you a clear and structured way of thinking and forming 'plans' in a game and then helps you build on it. He doesnt waste any words in this masterpiece..Simply Essential for the aspiring Club player
 It will HELP you to improve your chess November 19, 2001
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Working through this book will help all but the strongest players improve their chess - but you will have to work at it. In particular (as with all books like this) you will have to work through the games, analyses, problems, and think. My positional understanding has improved greatly since reading this book - and I'm too lazy to do what I've just told you that you have to do! I would have liked more diagrams, however. You really need a chess board in front of you.
Very good though not easy October 12, 2001
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a great book. It will largely increase your positional understanding. I recommend to first read this book, then read The Amateur's Mind and then re-read this book. I found it not too easy the first time I read it, but it helped my understanding of strategy for sure. The second time I understood a lot more and my game improved a lot.
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