Reddit mentions of Play Winning Chess (Everyman Chess)

I gave you some advice for each book at each level. Of course all of these books can be switched around and if you want to read Dvoretsky (A very advanced author) at your level you're welcome to. Although a 1300 rating on lichess.org is still at a beginner level so I suggest you start from that section.

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Beginner:

Play Winning Chess By: Yasser Seirawan

Logical Chess Move by Move By: Irving Chernev

How to Reasses Your Chess By: Jeremy Silman

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Intermediate:

Practical Chess Exercises By: Ray cheng


The Art of Defense in Chess By: Andrew Soltis

Pawn Structure Chess By: Andrew Soltis

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Master:



Fundamental Chess Endings By: Karsten-Müller and Frank Lamprecht.

Art of Attack in Chess By: Vladimir Vukovic

Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual By: Mark Dvoretsky

It's anything but terrible. It's limited, yes. But knowing back rank mates and how to avoid them are very useful for a beginner.

Seirawan's "Play Winning Chess would be a good supplement.

Playing winning chess - https://www.amazon.com/Play-Winning-Chess-Yasser-Seirawan/dp/1857443314 - is a must

I recommend Yasser Seriawan's book 'Play Winning Chess', especially the chapter on 'Time'. The concept of developing with threats and winning tempos is dealt with in there, and there are some great examples. Having read this and played through the examples, I'm much less worried about seeing a queen come out on move three or four, and see it as a challenge to gain a lead in development.

https://www.amazon.com/Play-Winning-Chess-Everyman/dp/1857443314

Skip Silman books, use [Seirawan] (https://www.amazon.com/Play-Winning-Chess-Everyman/dp/1857443314/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1495561713&sr=8-2&keywords=seirawan) books.

Significantly better.

Yasser Seirawan's Play Winning Chess is a fantastic chess book for beginners, and one of my all-time favorites: http://www.amazon.com/Play-Winning-Chess-Yasser-Seirawan/dp/1857443314

There are also about 6? other books in the series. A combination of that book and going through the tutorials in Chessmaster (of which Seirawan also wrote many of), and I started to play incredibly well, and was actually first board at my chess club in high school :)

I do highly recommend the Chessmaster series also, as mentioned by others, but I'll let those comment threads cover that.

Start with this book, then the tactics book, then endgames or strategies, then openings. https://www.amazon.com/Play-Winning-Chess-Yasser-Seirawan/dp/1857443314/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=yasser+serieqein+chess&qid=1565450924&s=gateway&sourceid=Mozilla-search&sr=8-1-fkmr0