I'm afraid you overestimate the levels of 1800-2000 lichess players, by quite a margin. I'm 2100 lichess, online chess is not my primarly focus as i concentrate on classical OTB (around 1800 FIDE before the update, and progressing) and damned some of those books were way too complicated for me.
Perfect your chess ? Impossible to find any complete solution in the given time. Sometimes I didn't even have any ideas after 20 minutes at looking hopelessly at the position
Dvoretsky's endgame manual ? The explanations were understandable enough but the examples and the exercices... I think i spent 10 hours on this one, I kinda got the concept of corresponding squares, but man after that i closed the book.
My great predecessors ? Obviously a very interesting read if you don't analyze the games thouroughly but the depth of the analysis is just too much to handle. I was exhausted after one game, I think it would take years to read one volume entirely.
The grandmaster preparation series by Aagard was also quite difficult. The ones with lots of texts were nice, but the calculation book was quite sweaty.
Obviously those three books are very, very good but I believe they would just be depressing for a 2000 lichess player.
I'll check the few books I didn't know though, as all the ones I already read were very good.
(My personnal favourite is "Chess structures" by Rios. It's presentation, with bullet points and summaries of the ideas explained, makes it very suitable for players in the 1600-2000 range)
Perfect your chess ? Impossible to find any complete solution in the given time. Sometimes I didn't even have any ideas after 20 minutes at looking hopelessly at the position
Dvoretsky's endgame manual ? The explanations were understandable enough but the examples and the exercices... I think i spent 10 hours on this one, I kinda got the concept of corresponding squares, but man after that i closed the book.
My great predecessors ? Obviously a very interesting read if you don't analyze the games thouroughly but the depth of the analysis is just too much to handle. I was exhausted after one game, I think it would take years to read one volume entirely.
The grandmaster preparation series by Aagard was also quite difficult. The ones with lots of texts were nice, but the calculation book was quite sweaty.
Obviously those three books are very, very good but I believe they would just be depressing for a 2000 lichess player.
I'll check the few books I didn't know though, as all the ones I already read were very good.
(My personnal favourite is "Chess structures" by Rios. It's presentation, with bullet points and summaries of the ideas explained, makes it very suitable for players in the 1600-2000 range)
@Talep said in #2:
> I'm afraid you overestimate the levels of 1800-2000 lichess players, by quite a margin. I'm 2100 lichess, online chess is not my primarly focus as i concentrate on classical OTB (around 1800 FIDE before the update, and progressing) and damned some of those books were way too complicated for me.
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> Perfect your chess ? Impossible to find any complete solution in the given time. Sometimes I didn't even have any ideas after 20 minutes at looking hopelessly at the position
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> Dvoretsky's endgame manual ? The explanations were understandable enough but the examples and the exercices... I think i spent 10 hours on this one, I kinda got the concept of corresponding squares, but man after that i closed the book.
>
> My great predecessors ? Obviously a very interesting read if you don't analyze the games thouroughly but the depth of the analysis is just too much to handle. I was exhausted after one game, I think it would take years to read one volume entirely.
>
> The grandmaster preparation series by Aagard was also quite difficult. The ones with lots of texts were nice, but the calculation book was quite sweaty.
>
> Obviously those three books are very, very good but I believe they would just be depressing for a 2000 lichess player.
>
> I'll check the few books I didn't know though, as all the ones I already read were very good.
>
> (My personnal favourite is "Chess structures" by Rios. It's presentation, with bullet points and summaries of the ideas explained, makes it very suitable for players in the 1600-2000 range)
I have to agree with this. I’m about 2200 on chess.com and a good chunk of these books are too advanced for me! I believe the whole grandmaster preparation series is for about 2200 FIDE, perfect your chess’s easiest puzzles are for about 2300 FM’s, Dvorestky’s endgame manual is for about 2200 FIDE, etc. Don’t get me wrong there are some good recommendations on the list like Shereshevsky’s endgame book, but you probably want to put a recommended rating on each book, so an 1800 on lichess doesn’t waste their money on “Calculation” only to make themselves feel stupid.
> I'm afraid you overestimate the levels of 1800-2000 lichess players, by quite a margin. I'm 2100 lichess, online chess is not my primarly focus as i concentrate on classical OTB (around 1800 FIDE before the update, and progressing) and damned some of those books were way too complicated for me.
>
> Perfect your chess ? Impossible to find any complete solution in the given time. Sometimes I didn't even have any ideas after 20 minutes at looking hopelessly at the position
>
> Dvoretsky's endgame manual ? The explanations were understandable enough but the examples and the exercices... I think i spent 10 hours on this one, I kinda got the concept of corresponding squares, but man after that i closed the book.
>
> My great predecessors ? Obviously a very interesting read if you don't analyze the games thouroughly but the depth of the analysis is just too much to handle. I was exhausted after one game, I think it would take years to read one volume entirely.
>
> The grandmaster preparation series by Aagard was also quite difficult. The ones with lots of texts were nice, but the calculation book was quite sweaty.
>
> Obviously those three books are very, very good but I believe they would just be depressing for a 2000 lichess player.
>
> I'll check the few books I didn't know though, as all the ones I already read were very good.
>
> (My personnal favourite is "Chess structures" by Rios. It's presentation, with bullet points and summaries of the ideas explained, makes it very suitable for players in the 1600-2000 range)
I have to agree with this. I’m about 2200 on chess.com and a good chunk of these books are too advanced for me! I believe the whole grandmaster preparation series is for about 2200 FIDE, perfect your chess’s easiest puzzles are for about 2300 FM’s, Dvorestky’s endgame manual is for about 2200 FIDE, etc. Don’t get me wrong there are some good recommendations on the list like Shereshevsky’s endgame book, but you probably want to put a recommended rating on each book, so an 1800 on lichess doesn’t waste their money on “Calculation” only to make themselves feel stupid.
@nikhildixit said in #1:
> In terms of chess rating (lichess or chess com), 1800+ chess players can be considered advanced chess players.
Please change this, because lichess and chess.com ratings are very different. ~2100 lichess is ~1800 chess.com and ~1800 lichess is ~1500 chess.com, so please make clear what you mean with "1800".
And as Talep already said, some of these books are really too advanced for a 1800. So please let us know at every book for what rating the book is meant, because we don't know whether the book is meant for a 1800 or a 2600.
I hope this helps you improve your blog :)
> In terms of chess rating (lichess or chess com), 1800+ chess players can be considered advanced chess players.
Please change this, because lichess and chess.com ratings are very different. ~2100 lichess is ~1800 chess.com and ~1800 lichess is ~1500 chess.com, so please make clear what you mean with "1800".
And as Talep already said, some of these books are really too advanced for a 1800. So please let us know at every book for what rating the book is meant, because we don't know whether the book is meant for a 1800 or a 2600.
I hope this helps you improve your blog :)
Most of those books are way to hard for me
Somehow you forgot to add the book "How to Reassess Your Chess" on this list...
@Talep same those books make me sweat
Good article but I agree with the other posts. I'm probably somewhere around 2000 - 2100 in rapid on here but there's no way I'd consider myself an advanced player. I have Aagard's Calculation book but have never gotten very far with it and there's no way I'd even consider trying Dvoretsky's. I've done the first book in Yusupov's series and it was very good, but even that I found reasonably challenging and didn't get anywhere near full marks in one or two of the chapters. I've heard they get harder with each successive one so have never moved on to them either. I think some of the ones you've mentioned are really aimed at master (at least 2200 FIDE) strength players.
Quote: "In terms of chess rating (lichess or chess com), 1800+ chess players can be considered advanced chess players.
Advanced chess players possess a deep understanding of chess strategy, tactics, and openings and are able to analyze complex positions with ease."
It's an obvious oxymoron. This sentence requires correction: either "2600+ chess players" or "Advanced chess players possess a weak understanding of chess strategy, tactics, and openings and are able to analyze easy positions."
Advanced chess players possess a deep understanding of chess strategy, tactics, and openings and are able to analyze complex positions with ease."
It's an obvious oxymoron. This sentence requires correction: either "2600+ chess players" or "Advanced chess players possess a weak understanding of chess strategy, tactics, and openings and are able to analyze easy positions."