Jeremy Silman

I, I found...

So the one I found actually worked was Silman's, uh, Amateur Mind, but I read that, I read that after Winning Chess Strategies, and I also did the, you know, after the habits and things like that.

So it's quite possible that Yasser's book had seeded things and that then, and that sprouted when I, when I read Amateur Mind.

You ne- you never know, right? This sort of, you know, causal, the cau- cause and effect.

I'm not sure.

Well, I think that, but I think also he uses master game examples.

And, um, the thing with, uh, Silman, and it's probably related to the chess bra thing, but Sil- Silman's using, um, his students' examples, and so the example games are far more relatable for a low-level player.

Okay.

I bought books.

I read Silman's Amateur Mind.

I tried to do a lot of things and it was like a foreign language.

I couldn't speak the language.

What is this endgame chunk? Have you studied this chunk before? If you look at this pawn distribution, Do you know what's this called, for example? I don't.

I've gone through

Silman's endgames, but I know that at this point, now that you've got the passed A pawn, you just push that thing.

And that king has to respond.

But it's very interesting how he approached that whole thing.

And, and of course, Silman is one of my favorites.

I mean, he's...

He had a gift for explaining things, and he's entertaining author.

That's how you do it." [laughs] And I was like, "Okay, I don't know what's happening with this book." [laughs]

Well, yeah, I mean, a lot of chess authors are actually like that.

I mean, even Silman, you know, Amateur's Mind and, uh, you know, how...

Reassess Your Chess are very similar.

We'll know how far to go, because it's going to quickly get past our depth, shall we say.

Silman's Endgame Course.

Not chapters, sections.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.