Reddit reviews Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide

I feel like I'm struggling with the same issue although I'm a couple hundred points higher rated. A good book with plans for various different pawn structures is: Chess Structures A Grandmaster Explains https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Structures-Mauricio-Flores-Rios/dp/1784830003

It's also on chessable now with trainable variations if you're into that.

What I like about this book is it clearly states everything you should get from each chapter and it's presented extremely well. Also it gives more specific plans and their nuances for a lot of situations rather than more general positional ideas. I feel like it's useful for seeing what a good plan should look like even if you manage to find yourself in a more rare position.

This book is everything you need to know about structures: Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide https://www.amazon.com/dp/1784830003/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_kO-LDbBWJ54AB

For openings i like the "starting out" series by everyman but you don't need a book for everything you play. Once you read one or two you'll be able to just look up grandmaster games on chessbase or chessgames.com and learn generally where pieces go. This plus the corresponding structure information from that book will really boost your playing level.

i'm currently working through this book

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i really like this because it helps you identify key squares in common pawn structures, and gives some plans on how to attack or defend. it's helping me to not just shuffle pieces around in the middle game

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