My Favorite Chess Middlegame Books

[@bendtherules0]

Books suggested - 1. Understanding Chess Middlegames by John Nunn 2. Strategic Play (GrandMaster Preparation series) by Jacob Aagaard 2 is more advanced

[@FrizzDoesFilm]

Saviour

[@TopherVexel]

THANK YOU for this video!!! John Nunn's Understanding Chess Middlegames is by Gambit and I grabbed the Kindle version for $10 USD. I used a physical notebook, which you recommended, and the first entries are his comments on Activity [part of the middlegame assessment] and pawn majorities [deny squares for enemy pieces] are points I "knew" but now UNDERSTAND.

[@ryaghnaramansanthosh3140]

Yo man! Every week you are coming up with interesting topics. Keep rocking!!

[@HangingPawns]

Hey mate:) Thanks!

[@stanleytime9193]

@@danhub2330 I see you on a lot of comments on his videos, you're always a twat

[@cptkoman]

My favorite books are: Play Winning Chess - Yasser Seirwan (an excellent starting point for players new to chess) and then The Woodpecker Method - Axel Smith and Hans Tikkanen (the best collection of tactics i've solved, not to mention an interesting take on developing pattern recognition and chess instinct well worth a read even for any Master level)

[@Schnebbler]

You can make your own private book on Chessable and import PGNs in there. Then when going through a book, whenever you do not understand something, find something interesting, think about it for yourself (until you are as sure as you will ever be) and then check it with an engine and put the answer in a PGN (and maybe even the refutation of your idea if it was wrong), then export it and put it in your Chessable course. If it is a tactic you can mark it as tactic, if it is an opening line you can mark it as a line to be learned, if it is just a positional move you can even mark multiple alternative moves that are also good and even add explanations. With time you will have a huge collection of things that you find interesting that you will be exposed to over and over again, which makes sure it sticks. I do it when watching games, why did Carlsen not play this, it is interesting! And if the solution is interesting too, I put it in my course. I do the same when going through any book or my own games and I find it effective, especially since it makes sure the thing you found interesting will come up again, even after months! It is really cool how differently you see a position when you have not seen it for a very long time. And if you insist on training with a real board, then just use Chessable as your archive and train with Chessable and your board.

[@chiragchoudhary3063]

thanks stejpan for all the efforts 💯

[@HangingPawns]

No problem Chirag:)

[@zancospancos]

Yes, grinding through a book takes so long and becoming chess-literate to the point of readily being able to visual what is communicated by notation has been very hard going for me! thx for these recommendations. Yea, I have John Nunn's middlegame book but I'm trying to hold off on it until I work through his endgame book.

[@---vo3rw]

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[@HangingPawns]

I like chess more than rockets.

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[@sjegannath6295]

So you're not going to mars?

[@buk1733]

@@sjegannath6295 He's going to Mars to be the first chess champion on the planet

[@benjaminjameskurz]

I always thought he looks like a younger brad pit (Mr. and Mrs. smith era) with the short hair

[@chessverse6279]

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Actually 200K now

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[@cheesecake5360]

TOMIC CAN YOU GIVE ME ALL YOUR PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT BOOKS ON OPENINGS, STRATEGY, POSITIONAL PLAY, ATTACKING PLAY AND TACTICS

[@kirkd1631]

Middle game books are difficult to write, you can talk a lot here and there but teaching it is a different thing. Thanks for your recommendations!

[@l.s.3619]

What do you think about Aaron Nimzowitsch - "Mein System" or "My System" ?

[@addy030277]

I am 1100 but was able to solve many excercises in jacob agaard’s books.Try Practical chess defence.

[@xiaoguangyang7917]

Very helpful and thanks a lot for the effort. I watched many your videos and THey are instructive

[@rajorshi]

I have just received my order for "Chess Training for Post-Beginners: A Basic Course in Positional Understanding" by Yaroslav Srokovski. I thought it might be better to get a positional understanding before tackling the subject of strategy. Not sure if that's the correct approach but let's see. Have you tried this book? It is my third book after 'Fundamental Chess Openings' by Sterren and 'Basic Chess' by Stean.

[@gers19]

I have that book it took me from 1600 to 1850

[@richardtsutsa6172]

I watched your opening theory on the Spanish Game. Please do another one on the Cozio Defense🙏

[@sachxn]

Very early today! Love your videos! :D

[@HangingPawns]

I wake up at 5. Two dogs in the house:D

[@JJMEI]

Thank you! I have the first book and I never finished it. I promise I will do it... even if it is in German 🙈

[@marathashahi711]

Hey pal! Thanks for your superb content... I have a request:Pls upload videos for English opening

[@theblacklion8444]

Sir please make an opening video over the reti system & the Dutch defence

[@Aritmar]

I have Nunn's book, but I found it hard to work with - but I'm just a 1300ish player. I think the book lacks a clear build-up - there are just random chapters and i found it hard to fit them in a context. Maybe I just work with the book in the wrong manner. Maybe I should give it another try.

[@Dark-do8my]

Stjepan have you studied the Books of Artur Yusupov? (Build up your chess, Boost your chess, Chess evolution)

[@SSA-X002]

I have, and they are pretty good for you to detect your weakest areas, the chapters are very short, few examples for a certain theme every chapter, then you need to solve some exercises, the good thing about it is that once you failed a test you can later focus on that theme. Also some exercises are pretty tricky , you need to calculate a lot of variation and some of them have hidden resources. There is a LOT of work on those book, but I think they are worth it, however as I mentioned before the coverage is pretty short for each chapter, you will need to find some books to complement the material.

[@bustersbrain]

I know you will be hesitant for many reasons to list the books you didn't like or didn't find helpful. But, would you be willing to list what other middlegame and strategy books you have read? Other people have chosen favorite books such as Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman and I always wonder if they have read your favorite books and if you have had a chance to look at their favorites for comparison. You do not have to worry that I will never read the other books that are not your favorite, and I will not ask you to tell me which ones you think are the worst. But it would provide some helpful perspective if I knew what other books you have read, and what others you may have skimmed. Little things like that, coupled with what I believe are my strengths and weaknesses, help me to make the most of my limited practice time. Thanks in advance.

[@noobishace2411]

Hey, I subscribed to your channel, your videos are pretty much what I'm looking for everyday. Just a quick question, what are some attacking and defending books would you recommend to me, I'm rated around 1750 ELO. Thanks, and I love your videos.

[@buk1733]

How can you still be below 2000!? The way you practice is the most efficient I've seen so far. By using your method of studying chess, I've gone from 800 to 1880 in exactly one year.

[@davidwestwood6850]

FIDE or USCF?

[@davidwestwood6850]

FIDE or USCF?

[@trikmandularlgaming2026]

That is extremely impressive. What site do you play on

[@matiasgoinheix366]

wtf that's amazing

[@buk1733]

I play on chess.com and my username is marqumax Look at my blitz stats, because that’s the only one I play now

[@Glockodile]

This validated my decision to buy the Nunn book!

[@gilangramanda3643]

Hey Stepan can you cover the Vienna game?

[@louiscypher6919]

Great topic, thx, Stjepan!

[@martinlindgren4490]

Very useful clip. I'll check out Nunn's book for sure. Studying Silman`s "How to reassess.." for the moment. That´s my level right now. I am eying Aagard but that is a couple of books away :-). My next book will be Johan Hellsten´s "Strategic Play". I believe that´s one level up from Silman but not at the level of Aagard. Sorry for the babbling. It´s "the-end-of-the-week- glass-of-wine-time" here :-)) Thanks again. Great clip! PS: again, your other clip with the 100-position-test is really great. I believe knowledge is one thing. But it´s also about translating it to real play.

[@philistineau]

Thank you for sharing this great overview. Do you have a recommendation for a lower rated player?

[@adriangutierrez2670]

Have you read How to Reassess Your Chess? If so, do you think Nun's book is more useful for a 1500 player?

[@andrewlabit]

The advice at 4:57 is worth its weight in gold

[@w81st87]

What do you think about John Nunn's chess course ( E. Lasker games )? Nice video by the way

[@bustersbrain]

What are your thoughts on "excelling at positional chess" as a more accessible Aagaard book on the subject?

[@ChessIN]

Don't know stjepan's opinion but I feel that you should definitely go through that book as well as Excelling at chess calculation by Aagard, practically any Dvoretsky , Jussupow, Silman, Aagard or Nunn chess books you can get will improve your chess

[@mikecantreed]

11:45 The titular line

[@aaryanchokshi3862]

Wow! Never been so early. Keep up the good work!!

[@Headhunter_212]

Thanks for running though all of this. It all comes down to “no shortcuts”.

[@ChessIN]

Hey stejpan I have been going through Recognising your opponent's resources myself but there are a wide number of exercises. While I am doing every one of them , I wanted to get an idea of the time frame it took you to finish the book with the exercises

[@Schnebbler]

It is an extremely hard book. An exercise can take you days (and it should!)

[@learningbrain1111]

In the game we don't know what is the best move. I am unable to find the best move even while analyzing my game. Then I use engine to know the best move. Can you advice me to how to read THE MIDDLEGAME BY DR.M.EUWE & H.KRAMER. What is best middlegame book for my level. HOW CAN I IMPROVE MY GAME? HOW TO PREPARE FOR MY UPCOMING TOURNAMENT? ON WHICH ASCEPT SHOULD I FOCUS ON? (middlegame or endgame or opening) I can win over 1300, 1400 rated players. Sir can you tell what my short term and long term plan be? SIR PLEASE GUIDE ME BECAUSE I HAVE TOURNAMENT IN THREE DAYS Sir It would be a great honor if you guide me.

[@dipinbk8852]

Will you do a video on the English opening?

[@antoniobreaux1584]

Dipin Bk Search for the Saint Louis Chess Club video with Yasser Seirawan on the English

[@gus8696]

You should be happy now!

[@mohamadrabimohamad4056]

Thank you sir. I like your videos!😃

[@ilijamilic9891]

Ty man ❤️❤️❤️

[@sureshkulkarni7834]

Sir please books for opening

[@PianoconGuido]

Great chess channel!!

[@ChessLifestyle]

Aagaard is a must for sure! Great recs.

[@milosjankovic6037]

You are so helpfull,and good at explayning.In couple of years,You should write a book for beginers.

[@mannueldias427]

Make videos on opening and tactics books

[@KrishK8055]

Oh my god! I was just actively searching for a good book to read as my first book and you posted this!! Can you suggest me a good first book?? My elo may be anywhere around 1700-1800 I have been playing chess actively solving tactics and practicing endgame but I haven't read a book yet

[@HangingPawns]

Try Understanding chess middlegames by Nunn. It should work perfectly.

[@KrishK8055]

@@HangingPawns Thanks for replying Stjepan keep up the good work!! 🔥

[@thearjunmahadevan]

@@HangingPawns that was the first book I read,! Learnt a lot from it.

[@kswaroop97]

Thanks for the lecture.Happy you just mentioned only 2 books.

[@boredplayer1658]

Thanks a lot!!!

[@haribhandari5309]

Yes finally!

[@eskimoform]

Do you consider chess book on pawn structure to be good for middle game play?

[@elis.364]

video series on Catalan opening in the future?

[@virenranjan5998]

I think you deserve more than this

[@cheesecake5360]

Thanks for the books tomic, CAN YOU PLEASE RECOMMEND ME BOOKS FOR OPENINGS TACTICS ANG STRATEGY/POSITIONAL CHESS PLEASE

[@kuros]

Hello Hpy, do you still play online? your lichess account is pretty much inactive

[@HangingPawns]

I have a training account which I keep private. I find it much easier that way. I can concentrate without being distracted.

[@barcabashar]

@@danhub2330 actually when he is online he get alot of challanges from followers , thats the reason i think

[@IMMndb]

what is the name of book & author of second book, i dodn't get that.

[@IMMndb]

ok it's Jacob Aaggard & book name is Grandmster preparation- strategic play.

[@vijayv7177]

Make one for tactics!!

[@shibranair2461]

thank youuuuu

[@luckyleshanth7252]

You should stream because you are the best

[@ohmparmar9791]

I can't find John's book that you suggested but I downloaded other book called "understanding chess move by move" I would like to hear your thoughts

[@SOM-e7]

Sir best sicilian player all time??

[@boomjonggol5757]

Hehey got Nunn's books as a PDF online

[@k.k.mishra9206]

Can you share,please?

[@clarencepsaila4743]

excellent

[@Rohan-xc3kl]

I really like the way you think about variations.. Ya it's very difficult to go over them atleast for me who has a elo rating of 1156.. My favorite book is How to reassess your chess by Jeremy silman which is for 1400-2100 i am doing it for the past one month and it has provided me a solid positional foundation

[@centrelink6003]

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[@abdelmajidkansoussi6904]

next the best endgame books

[@NetzKaiser]

I only have Understanding Endgames by Nunn and it is my favorite endgame book.

[@Emad_22.]

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[@outplayedyt724]

First. Love your videos

[@HangingPawns]

Thanks

[@outplayedyt724]

No probelm! Just keep doing what youre doing

[@mohammadshayan8601]

Namaste 🇮🇳

[@cholerose7333]

To those who came from The Queen's Gambit, whatsup

[@mohammedfaizy1110]

ur so awesome, i love ur videos, i am 2000 rated we should play sometime lol

[@AhmedAdel-qc2gv]

Please send me some books

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