How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course by Jeremy Silman

How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course by Jeremy Silman

Originally published in 1993, "How to Reassess Your Chess" by International Master Jeremy Silman is widely considered the definitive modern bible on positional strategy.

While puzzle workbooks like Nunn’s or Masetti's focus on calculating immediate, forcing tactical lines, Silman’s masterpiece tackles the hardest psychological question in chess: “What do I do when there are no tactics on the board, and I have absolutely no idea what plan to make?”

Silman revolutionized chess pedagogy by debunking a common amateur myth: the idea that you should constantly look for a "best" move through sheer calculation. Instead, he argued that master-level chess plans flow naturally from the imbalances inherent in the position.

An imbalance is not an error; it is simply any structural or positional difference between White’s position and Black’s position. Silman breaks these differences down into seven distinct categories that players must actively scan for:

• Minor Pieces: The relative worth of bishops vs. knights in a given board layout (e.g., closed boards favor knights; open boards favor bishops).

• Pawn Structure: The strengths and flaws of the pawn skeleton (passed pawns, isolated pawns, doubled pawns, backward pawns).

• Space: The territorial advantage that allows your pieces greater freedom of movement while compressing your opponent's.

• Material: An advantage in total piece value.

• Files and Squares: Dominating open lines for rooks or establishing safe outposts for knights and bishops.

• Development: A temporary lead in getting pieces out into active play (crucial for launching early attacks).

• Initiative: Dictating the tempo of the game and forcing the opponent to react defensively to your threats.

Language: English.

Genre: Chess Book.

Binding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং

Quality: Premium Quality Books.

Printing: High Quality Printing.

Paper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)

Cover: Matt cover (Paperback).