Are Yasser Seirawan s' Books worth reading?

I enjoyed Five Crowns, but by far his best work was Inside Chess. For years, that was my favorite chess magazine. I especially loved the endgame articles by Alexander Baburin.

Just came across this thread today, almost 4 years later than last post. OP has closed his account; however, I enjoy both his books and videos. I still follow the principles he advocates in Winning Chess Openings (even though his views have changed since the book was originally published).

Great books and videos. Here's a link to a more recent post regarding books for beginners:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/book-recommendation-for-very-basic-chess-openings

 

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I never liked Yasser’s books and no do recommond them either.

Yes, they are good especially his "Winning Chess Strategy" along with Silman.

Books generally are surveys or summaries of various chess subjects ... reading such summaries won’t make you any better. The best you hope for is to provide a framework for future learning from training. Training is different from reading and requires repetitive problem-solving tasks with immediate feedback, correction, and repeat problem-solving. That, fundamentally, would be my main objection to any number of books, including Seirawan’s, but his series is entertaining and easy to read if you don’t put pressure on yourself to try to “solve” every position he presents. His tactics book, for instance, has less than 200 problems I believe. Doing 200 problems will not make you that much better (if at all) even if you are new to the game.

http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf

Thanks for bumping this. Maybe, he is what I need.

Yasser Seirawan's books are excellent.  They are targeted to the beginner-intermediate player.  I have recommended many of his books in my blog article...

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

 

@param_veer - 

Thank you for the kind comment.  You might want to check out my other blog articles for other chess book and resource suggestions...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

https://www.chessable.com/winning-chess-strategies/course/30038/

I am reading "Duels" and the stories Yasser tells us are worth the book. Another peculiar thing is that he published some of his losses, which is quite rare in chess books. Usually, authors only publish their wins.

I like Seirawan's books and have two. His  Winning Chess Tactics  was the first chess book I read all the way through and I've been interested in tactics ever since. The diagrams are large ( > 5 cm ) and the writing clear. Generally they are for amateurs.

Ok so firstly Yasser Seirawan in his prime was a top ten in the world player, a player who played games against the best players in the world and did very well, so he really knows his stuff. Iv'e read his winning series and duels and recommend all of them. I recommend them for complete beginners up to around the 1400-1500 rating, after that you will know most if not all of the theory already but duels and brilliances will always be worth a read no matter your level.