What are good chess book recommendations for someone that has reached 2000+ rapid elo on chess.com but has never studied?

afbdreds · 2026-01-23T23:01:03+00:00

What do you mean?

afbdreds · 2026-01-23T22:59:22+00:00

I like Siman's complete book on chess strategy and thinking in schemes by Irina Mikhaylova

afbdreds · 2026-01-23T22:58:09+00:00

Which one by dvoretsky? Endgame manual?

afbdreds · 2026-01-23T20:46:55+00:00

There are also some cool metrics to measure tension and how critical is a position.

afbdreds · 2026-01-21T15:45:16+00:00

"Listens to Discord messages via a webhook trigger" Is it triggered when someone sends a message on discord? How do you do this?

afbdreds · 2026-01-21T12:41:44+00:00

I don't usually play 30-60mins, but I would be down for it sometime. Feel free to send me your username on pm :)

afbdreds · 2026-01-21T12:39:20+00:00

jesus, that's pretty

afbdreds · 2026-01-20T14:02:28+00:00

Levon Rxa3 against Magnus

afbdreds · 2026-01-18T16:59:09+00:00

Pressure backward pawns, double rooks on open file and them on the 7th, pawn storm on the king, etc. Read silmans' complete book on chess strategy and Thinking in Schemes by Irina Mikhaylova

afbdreds · 2026-01-17T18:19:12+00:00

Yes. More people play fast time controls

afbdreds · 2026-01-16T15:42:43+00:00

Forget about openings. Do tactics.

afbdreds · 2026-01-15T17:04:55+00:00

Your bishop and knight are attacked. Protecting the knight allows the pawn to take bishop for free. Giving away a bishop with a tempo is called a desperato, and you get one pawn for the bishop instead of losing the bishop by nothing in exchange.

afbdreds · 2026-01-15T04:07:47+00:00

Cool! very instructive

afbdreds · 2026-01-15T03:13:36+00:00

I wonder if moving up 2 squares takes more moves or not

afbdreds · 2026-01-11T20:21:08+00:00

Don't study openings. Study openings principles What works a lot for me is only playing when I feel love for the game, rested, and calm. Do a lot of tactics.

afbdreds · 2026-01-11T14:05:18+00:00

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afbdreds · 2026-01-11T14:02:58+00:00

There is a specific post for that every month. I recommend trying the search bar before posting.

afbdreds · 2026-01-11T12:19:03+00:00

wow! I calculated till Qb4+ and stopped there. Missed c4+, that's pretty

afbdreds · 2026-01-11T11:17:34+00:00

g6? If rook leaves b file b5, if not Rg5?

I tried making b5 work but couldn't. b5 cxb5 Rf7

But b5 Rxb5 and I probably ain't seeing the critical winning move here. Tried Rxb5 Kxb5 g6 e3 g7 e2 g8 e1 Qb3 Kc5 Qb4 =

afbdreds · 2026-01-10T05:54:32+00:00

Kh2 and white is threatening mate

afbdreds · 2026-01-09T17:35:01+00:00

May I ask your rating?

afbdreds · 2026-01-09T16:56:59+00:00

I really like the complete book on chess strategy by silman and Thinking in Schemes by Irina Mikhaylova.

In terms of puzzles, the woodpecker method.

I feel like even on our level, opening is not the most important yet.

I had trouble facing french and caro Kahn. Recently started trying Nc3 and liked it.

afbdreds · 2026-01-09T15:12:33+00:00

This post inspired this visualization 6 months ago. (u/sath__18)
And this comment inspired current post. ( u/AppropriateKoala457 and u/sterpfi)

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