How often do you read chess books?

[main dune]

What are your favorite chess books?

[arctic crater]

Never read one

[outer falcon]

reading a novel is better

[bold roost]

Wish these things werent everyone pings

[valid garnet]

NEVER READ

[full idol]

Never read 🙂

[gaunt bolt]

Never read

[tight crown]

always

[prisma willow]

i sometimes read lol

[valid garnet]

I ONLY NEED CHESSPAGE1

[tight crown]

i have so many

[cloud hemlock]

any recommendations?

[quartz gazelle]

What

[steady stirrup]

They need a large sample size or whatever

[bold roost]

i get so many pings here for stuff i dont care about

[frank island]

i mean who reads chess books?

[broken wyvern]

They should make self roles so you can choose to be pinged by polls

[tight crown]

how to study chess on your own workbook

[modern pelican]

It isnt available in my country

[teal yew]

Bobby fischer's my memorable games I guess?

[bold roost]

i dont ever remember trying to get event announcements role

[stoic bay]

Bro this is insane polling

100+ votes in 2 minutes

[cloud hemlock]

thank you

[frank island]

i used to suck at chess a lot but never ever read a chess book before

[stoic bay]

That’s absurd

[clever maple]

who takes chess so seriously

[modern pelican]

i can order online but its not worth it

[teal yew]

That why you suck lol

[barren drum]

i never read a chess book in my life bruh

[cloud hemlock]

like how many?

[frank island]

i don't suck now, i mean just practice, who reads a chess book anyway

[barren drum]

actually tbh i dont read in general my brains too rotted 😭

[gentle turret]

I read them for openings atm

[potent vortex]

Bro asks and then Leaves us an delivered

[clever maple]

ℹ️ 🇸 for fun

[brave delta]

Instagram on feb 26th taught me about murder and the Berlin

[clever maple]

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[teal yew]

I'm not really a phone typa guy, I kinda like it when I have some old chess games to be analyzed in my books

[teal mango]

im broke and my library doesnt have any

[frank island]

that's really good, i have my ways tho 👍

[brave delta]

People upload books online all the time

[teal mango]

idk where to find them and never thought about looking any up tbh

[brave delta]

League priorities ig then

[teal yew]

Now bookstores doesn't really focus on chess anymore, the only way is online shopping

[brave delta]

Every library in my vicinity has 3-4 books on chess

Levy’s stinky book…

[teal yew]

I like to own, not borrow

[gleaming epoch]

Ive never even seen a chess book lol

[teal yew]

So library was never my choice lol

[brave delta]

I am not holding onto 200 books

If you wish to do that, np

[teal yew]

Different people different tastes perhaps

[brave delta]

When you chew through 3 a week you don’t wanna hold it anymore

[modest pumice]

Whats a book

[gleaming epoch]

Lol

[brave delta]

I don’t think you wanna fathom what my basement looks like

[gleaming epoch]

Words

[brave delta]

Fire kindling special behind the stairs

[teal yew]

Yeah that's my common problems, so I only read my books like half a page a day😦

[hoary viper]

Books a what?

[brave delta]

Yikes

Terrible pace to actually finish a novel or literally anything at all

[teal yew]

Yeah it sucks but I usually finish them quickly, which is worse

[brave delta]

Wat

[daring kettle]

queens gambit

[brave delta]

Do you read manga or something?

[viral cedar]

Who reads chess books anymore lololol

[teal yew]

No I read novels

[raw vault]

micheal stean is good

[teal yew]

And own one chess book

[raw vault]

"simple chess" by micheal stean

[brave delta]

How long does it take you to finish something like ~400 pages

[teal yew]

My memorable games, or something, by bobby

[teal yew]

Less than a week

[brave delta]

Then what did you mean by half a page a day?…

[teal yew]

The last book I finished was 258 pages, which I took two and a half day

[teal yew]

Chess book

[brave delta]

Eh

Chess books aren’t the same as reg books tho especially if your doing puzzles

[teal yew]

Chess is no fun when you're analyzing what you already know

So chess books, I do it slowly

[brave delta]

You can find analysis on positions, etc

not fun but

[teal yew]

Yeah but I've been taking care of my eyes-less screen usage

[brave delta]

With a book

[teal yew]

No blue light

[brave delta]

Not with an engine

[brave delta]

I don’t understand the blue light craze

If you go outside you are exposed to more than just blue light

[teal yew]

It's just that I got my eye all red once after hours of chesscom usage, so I switched to books👽

[brave delta]

[cloud crest]

nerd

[naive hatch]

I have a lot of books but I suck at reading them 😔

[kindred linden]

I have one chess book, but I'm already too good so I can't learn anything from it

[spice otter]

I have "Cognitive Chess", which is really interesting, but a bit above my level haha

[tepid dagger]

there are usually never free chess books for beginners or under 1000 elo. so I never found any books or read them.

[slate crypt]

Chess books used to be essential to reach a higher level. Now they are mostly a waste of money. Many types of books are fascinating reads worth buying, almost none of which are chess

[open wasp]

same

[surreal crypt]

Praful Zaveri's books?

[ashen falcon]

Once in several blue moons

[cyan breach]

reading rn Modern Ches Strategy by Pachman

and drinking lots caffeine

and Jesus Christ it is a good coffee

[astral raven]

i’ve read barely one 💀

it was uhhhhhh chess fundamentals by capablanca i think

[queen dust]

[nimble yew]

books r for nerds....

[slate mantle]

I want to read, but I can’t find any chess books to read

[forest bronze]

I’ve only read Gothams chess book…

[gilded oracle]

I only read chess openings on chess.com

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Theres chess books?

[shrewd aspen]

I only read discord lores

[wooden socket]

Frequently

[glass schooner]

People Read?

Since when

[honest kestrel]

Haven't read any chess books yet

[craggy acorn]

I read when I take an interest but I'd rather watch videos regarding strategies

and this is coming from an avid book reader

[willow dune]

what is a chess book blud

[bold tendon]

Amateurs mind and How to Reassess your chess

[agile swan]

Even I dont know 🤣

[trail granite]

I have the reassess your chess workbook

Anyways I read chess books way too frequently

[serene imp]

i dont think i need to read them

[serene imp]

I've read way too many chess books

[gleaming surge]

why is this an @everyone ?

like surely there can be an events ping

[hearty laurel]

I’m self taught in chess but I do read a book every once in a while, plus, self teaching myself got me to a 1200 elo on chess.com at just 14 years old so I’m happy

[viral cedar]

Playing chess naturally is where it's at

[gilded oracle]

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[gilded oracle]

i wish

[ruby plume]

.

[lament roost]

whats a book

[viral cedar]

I think it’s like Shakespeare or something

[carmine pendant]

Rarely

[carmine pendant]

For improvement in certain rating I think

[jagged sparrow]

Who even reads one

[surreal fox]

The nerds of chess

[deep lantern]

I can't read

[carmine pendant]

For those who want to improvement but it is alot boring I tried to read it once but couldn't