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Popular guest and dedicated improver Neal Bruce is back on Perpetual Chess to break down the most useful \u201cPositional Chess Puzzle\u201d Books for club players. For those who have not heard Neal\u2019s prior appearances, he is a dad and an executive at a software startup who devotes a lot of his free time to improving his chess game, often via flash cards made from chess books. Neal is amidst a 10 year study plan and has recently completed a phase during which he went through 8 positional puzzle books. In our interview, Neal discusses why he thinks this was an important step for his chess development and assesses the books he read. He ranks them in order, assesses their pros and cons, and their usefulness for different rating levels. At the end of Neal\u2019s book breakdown we catch up with Neal a bit and discuss what is next in his 10 year chess study plan. Links for all of the books referenced,\xa0as well as timestamps are below.\xa0\n\n\xa0Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition by IM Arthur van de Oudeweetering\nHow to Reassess Your Chess 4th Edition by IM Jeremy Silman\xa0\nMastering Chess Strategy by GM Johan Hellsten (also available on Chessable)\xa0\nMastering Positional Sacrifices by IM Merijn van Delft\xa0\nThe Positional Chess Handbook by FM Israel Gelfer\xa0\nPractical Chess Exercises by Ray Cheng\xa0\nIM Jeremy Silman\u2019s Reassess Your Chess Workbook\xa0\nTechniques of Positional Play by Valeri Bronznik and IM Anatoli Terekhin .\n\nPrior appearances by Neal:\xa0\n\u201cPawn Book Championship\u201d Episode 241\nBook Recap #11- Taking Winning Chess Strategies with Neal Bruce\xa0\nBook Recap #6- Woodpecker Method and Rapid Chess Improvement with Neal Bruce\xa0\n\n0:00- We begin by catching listeners up on Neal\u2019s background and discussing why Neal decided to study 8 \u201cpositional puzzle\u201d books.\xa0\n\n5:00- How has this intense study of positional chess impacted Neal\u2019s chess game?\xa0\n\n14:00- What books might be good precursors to the books that Neal discusses?\xa0\nMentioned: Simple Chess by GM Michael Stean, The Power of Pawns\xa0\n\n16:00- Neal discusses two books that didn\u2019t make the list:\xa0\nWinning Chess Strategy for Kids by Jeff Coakley, Beyond Material by GM Davorin Kuljasevic\xa0\n\n20:00- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Chessable.com.. To check out their latest offerings, please go here:\n\ufeffNew Chess Courses Online - For All Levels in all - Chessable.com\n21:30- Neal ranks the 8 books he reviewed! The first 4 books are:\nIM Jeremy Silman\u2019s Reassess Your Chess Workbook \xa0(Read Dr. Patzer\u2019s review here)\nThe Positional Chess Handbook by FM Israel Gelfer\xa0\nHow to Reassess Your Chess 4th Edition by IM Jeremy Silman\xa0(Discussed in Book Recap #2)\xa0\nImprove Your Chess Pattern Recognition by IM Arthur van de Oudeweetering\xa0\n\n37:30-\xa0Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Aimchess.com. Aimchess collects and analyzes your games and gives you actionable tips based on the data it gathers. Check the site out, and if you choose to subscribe, please use the code Perpetual30 to save 30%.\xa0\n\n38:30- Perpetual Chess is brought to you in part by Better Help. You can see some online reviews here, and if you sign up, use this link to save 10%: https://www.betterhelp.com/chess\n\n39:30- The final 4!\xa0\nTechniques of Positional Play by Valeri Bronznik and IM Anatoli Terekhin . Read\xa0Sam Copeland\u2019s Review of Techniques of Positional Play\nMastering Positional Sacrifices by IM Merijn van Delft\xa0\nCheck out IM Andras Toth\u2019s review of Neal Mona List here\xa0\nPractical Chess Exercises by Ray Cheng\xa0\nMastering Chess Strategy by GM Johan Hellsten (also available on Chessable)\xa0\n\n1:04:00- What are Neal\u2019s OTB tournament plans? What books will he read next?\n\n1:08:00- Thanks as always to Neal for dedicating so much time to sharing his chess knowledge!\nThe best way to reach and keep up with him is via Twitter.\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices