Reddit reviews My System: 21st Century Edition
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Reddit reviews My System: 21st Century EditionWe found 4 Reddit comments about My System: 21st Century Edition. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Try reading Aron Nimzowitsch's My System, generally considered to be one of the most important books in the history of chess.
THE classic on pawn structures is http://www.amazon.com/My-System-21st-Century-Edition/dp/1880673851
I think The Amateur's Mind and How to Reassess Your Chess are staples to any chess player's book collection. Not only is Silman's language friendly, but the content in his books are incredibly thorough without any verbosity when it comes to n lines of notation and the occasional "...and White is better because of their knight on d5."
I own My System but have yet to manage to find myself at the halfway point of the book. From what I've read, it's rather dense (in language) but informative, however, I have a strong bias toward Silman's language because it's more digestible.
To put it simply: if I could employ routinely everything I've learned in How to Reassess Your Chess, I would be a much better player. There's so much content in that particular book that you could find yourself working through it for a couple years, especially if you purchase it's companion workbook.
From reading some reviews on Amazon, Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy seems to appeal to strong club players and up-- but that's not to say that the material isn't educational. You'll have to write back if you decide to pick it up and let us know.
I can't buy you any books, but My System by Aron Nimzowitsch is a great book I'm reading in pdf at the moment. I'd highly recommend it for any players around the 1300-1900 USCF range (or even higher)?
Also, if you order any of the ORANGE books by Artur Yusupov in the Chess Evolution/Build Up Your Chess/Boost your chess series, I'm sure he would love it. These are a tad more costly though. The blue ones are harder, and the green ones are hardest (even masters struggle in them) so I think the orange ones would be least frustrating.
I love Chess and noticed you didn't have a ton of chess books on the list, so I thought I'd make a couple recommendations. Good luck!