The Complete Book of Chess Strategy by IM Jeremy Silman 23 Dec 2024

The Fastest Route to Playing
Respectable Chess

If you’d love to…

✅ Start outplaying your friends and earn your place among higher-rated players

✅ Finally make sense of the lectures, books, and videos of your favorite grandmaster

✅ While improving at a pace you find exciting and sustainable

…then step inside The Complete Book of Chess Strategy by the late International Master Jeremy Silman.

Silman was “America’s chess teacher.”

He wrote over 30 best-selling books. He guided the U.S. delegation to the World Junior Championships. And to this day, his teachings help thousands uncover the secrets of the game.

But Silman also saw how daunting chess can be. You can cram your brain with reams of knowledge — yet still miss key ideas when it’s time to play.

So he decided to change that.

Silman handpicked the most essential concepts in the opening, middlegame, and endgame. Concepts otherwise scattered in 100 different sources, requiring years to piece together.

Then he packed them into…

Your Ultimate “Easy-to-Search” Chess Guide

It clears the clutter of complex analysis. It also breaks down chess jargon into clear-cut explanations and everyday analogies.

So you can focus on clear tactics and strategies you can apply right away.

Curious to Try a New Opening?

Explore the 47 variations surveyed in chapters 1 to 10. All organized by their starting moves to help you find the perfect fit for your style.

✅ Rekindle the sacrificial spirit of 1.e4 e5 — home of the Evans Gambit, Max Lange Attack, and Fried Liver Attack.

The Max Lange Attack is an excellent opening weapon
for blowing away the opponent with tactics

✅ Adopt solid yet ambitious setups like the London System, Colle, Queen’s Gambit, and other 1.d4 openings.

✅ And unleash your creativity with the English Opening, Hedgehog formation, and other unique sidelines in chapter 8.

Next, Take Command in the Middlegame

In chapters 11 to 13, you’ll learn the most reliable path to victory — through checkmate!

Follow the 3 rules for trapping the enemy king in the center. Then bring in the reinforcements for the final breakthrough.

Did they manage to castle? Wear down their defenses, and lure out their VIP by targeting these 5 focal points.

The Classic Bishop Sacrifice against h7 —
one of the focal points in the castled
king’s position

You’ll also drill these 14 checkmating patterns sure to come up in your games. So when they do, the winning sequence just flows from your hand, almost without thinking!

The middlegame section also teaches you about:

✅ Shaping pawn structures to your advantage.

✅ The hidden laws that unlock the full might of your knights, bishops, and rooks.

✅ Plus the dynamic and static factors that dictate which side holds the advantage.

Your Endgames Get a Boost, too

Start by identifying the pieces you have left. Find the matching endgame type in chapters 21 to 24. Then master the basic techniques for handling — and winning — similar positions in the future.

✅ From breaking down all resistance with the cat and mouse plan.

✅ Clearing the path for your king with opposition and triangulation techniques.

Convert pawn endgames like this one by drawing
a triangle — as shown in chapter 22

✅ To building a bridge with your rook, so your pawn can promote.

The Complete Book of Chess Strategy
Gets the MoveTrainer and
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Published in 1998, Silman’s book broke new ground in chess instruction.

Its encyclopedia format provides answers on demand, while the bite-sized lessons empower readers to learn minus the overwhelm.

They report gaining up to 200 points, outperforming their rating class… and finally grasping the tactical and strategic ‘why’ behind moves that once puzzled them.

This brand new edition retains the 5-star instruction of the original book — enhanced with 18.5 hours of video from International Master Christof Sielecki.

Chessable’s 2022 Author of the Year, Sielecki is celebrated for his teaching ability. He breaks down the complexities of the game into actionable tips — embodying his nickname “ChessExplained.”

And with 150+ MoveTrainer exercises, Silman’s A-to-Z reference becomes a full-fledged training course.

Add The Complete Book of Chess Strategy to your library today. And hop on the fastest route to respectable chess!

Try snacking on the lessons, and review them for 30 days.

Sit back as Sielecki brings every lesson to life with examples. Read Silman’s notes during review to drive the ideas home. Then watch in surprise as they suddenly show up in your games.