Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1890085138" rel="nofollow">"<strong><em>Reassess Your Chess</em></strong>"</a> by Jeremy Silman is a modern classic on planning and imbalances.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>"The Art of The Middle Game" by Keres and Kotov comes to mind.  And an older book,"Strategy and Tactics in Chess" by Max Euwe, was long considered a classic in this area. Of course study always has to be combined with practice.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: "Judgment and Planning in Chess", also by Euwe, and "How to Win in The Middle Game of Chess" by Al Horowitz are two more books covering this area.
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Answers.Text: And I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention Euwe's two volume treatise on the subject, "The Middle Game", co-authored with Hans Kramer.
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Answers.Body: <p>Two interesting books have been published recently that might be helpful to you:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://www.newinchess.com/Winning_Chess_Manoeuvres-p-9015.html" rel="nofollow">Winning Chess Manoeuvres</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/2/235/chess_structures_-_a_grandmaster_guide_by_mauricio_flores_rios/" rel="nofollow">Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Both concentrate on conveying "chess culture" - the knowledge how to handle certain typical positions and situations. This should be a good way to tackle your point 1.</p>
  
  <p>Precise evaluation only comes with experience, practice and knowledge. Possibly you will have to train calculation instead of tactics. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Chess Strategy for Club Players, The Road to Positional Advantage by Herman Grooten is worth looking at.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Could someone recommend a book on mid-game strategy please? </p>
  
  <p>Things I am especially interested in are </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Make plans (and foresee opponents plan and stop it)</li>
  <li>Evaluate current position</li>
  <li>Evaluate positions at the end of calculation</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I guess 2 is somewhat blended in 1 and 3. My problem is that even though I may be able to do some evaluation for the current position, it's very hard to do the same at the end of each variation I calculated. So I'm looking for both a more involved way to analyse current position and also a quick way to roughly evaluate positions down the line. (Or maybe practice is the only way?)</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>
  
  <p>(Not really interested in tactics as this is not my bottleneck)</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Just out of curiosity, what's your rating?
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Comments.Text: Never played at a club or tourney, but playing white I'm beating my phone at 1800 setting (I have no idea on black opening)
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Title: recommend a book on mid-game plan and board evaluation
ThreadText: # recommend a book on mid-game plan and board evaluation
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-08-06)
  
  Could someone recommend a book on mid-game strategy please?
  
  Things I am especially interested in are
  
  1. Make plans (and foresee opponents plan and stop it)
  2. Evaluate current position
  3. Evaluate positions at the end of calculation
  
  I guess 2 is somewhat blended in 1 and 3. My problem is that even though I may be able to do some evaluation for the current position, it's very hard to do the same at the end of each variation I calculated. So I'm looking for both a more involved way to analyse current position and also a quick way to roughly evaluate positions down the line. (Or maybe practice is the only way?)
  
  Thanks.
  
  (Not really interested in tactics as this is not my bottleneck)
  
  **Tags:** strategy, books, evaluation, planning
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Just out of curiosity, what's your rating?  
  > **username_0**: Never played at a club or tourney, but playing white I'm beating my phone at 1800 setting (I have no idea on black opening)  
  
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  ## 4 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-08-06. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  ["***Reassess Your Chess***"](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1890085138) by Jeremy Silman is a modern classic on planning and imbalances.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks to all suggestions. I searched all of them. I finally bought this one mainly because of kindle availability.  
  > **username_3**: As has been said, How to Reassess your Chess by Silman 100%  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2015-08-06. Score: 4
  
  "The Art of The Middle Game" by Keres and Kotov comes to mind. And an older book,"Strategy and Tactics in Chess" by Max Euwe, was long considered a classic in this area. Of course study always has to be combined with practice.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: "Judgment and Planning in Chess", also by Euwe, and "How to Win in The Middle Game of Chess" by Al Horowitz are two more books covering this area.  
  > **username_4**: And I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention Euwe's two volume treatise on the subject, "The Middle Game", co-authored with Hans Kramer.  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_5 on 2015-08-06. Score: 1
  
  Two interesting books have been published recently that might be helpful to you:
  
  * [Winning Chess Manoeuvres](https://www.newinchess.com/Winning_Chess_Manoeuvres-p-9015.html)
  * [Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide](http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/products/2/235/chess_structures_-_a_grandmaster_guide_by_mauricio_flores_rios/)
  
  Both concentrate on conveying "chess culture" - the knowledge how to handle certain typical positions and situations. This should be a good way to tackle your point 1.
  
  Precise evaluation only comes with experience, practice and knowledge. Possibly you will have to train calculation instead of tactics.
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-08-06. Score: 1
  
  Chess Strategy for Club Players, The Road to Positional Advantage by Herman Grooten is worth looking at.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: This is the only one with an electronic version!  
  
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