| The Reassess Your Chess Workbook by Jeremy Silman This unique workbook gives 131 problems with thorough solutions covering openings, tactics, strategy and endings. The idea behind this method is to teach the reader how to think at the chessboard. Players of all strengths can greatly improve by studying this book. Chapter 1 starts the book by examining a thinking methods to find candidate moves based on the recommendations of some great chess writers. This is an area where most players could use some advice. Chapter 2 looks at imbalances in chess. This is the key concept that the author will use to help the reader understand chess positions. The next parts of the book consists of the problems, followed by detailed solutions. This book can be read on it�s own, although the companion �How to Reassess Your Chess� is also a classic. As a bonus, the book has nice photos of many great chess masters. This book is sure to become a classic and is a strong candidate for 2001 chess book of the year. |