To be honest I'm a bit lost here. Some say the books are kind of useless, other are recommending them in ALOT of topics here and they also get good reviews. And I've used the search option alot.
I guess I will have to use my own judgement since there aren't alot of chess 'bibles' around in the sea of books. I will definitely buy silman's endgame course. I also will finish to read Logical Chess because I like it. I still have to do I have to do some research about a good tactics book. The Neishtadt's seems hard to get so I guess I have to make a choice between
- Learn Chess Tactics, Nunn
- Winnig Chess, Chernev/Reinfeld
- Chess Tactics for Champions, Polgar
In the end, I think I will end up owning alot of books and have to use my own judgement on what the best ones were :P.
Thanks for all your advice though. Without it I would have bought the books in the OP.
True. I must say though that Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson, a "mere" IM, is one of my favorites. Perhaps one of the strengths of that book is not so much the attempt to distill all knowledge into its pages as to suggest all the great things that are still possible in the game.
And (obviously) most everyone would consider you a "really strong" player. Perhaps what you're really saying is that it would take a super-GM to write a book which you would regard as a gem (lol)...which I imagine is true (I mean, how would I know?).
But I still feel that worthy works can be fashioned for the needs of the great mass of players.