What needs to be emphasized is you need to be thinking "imbalances" for both sides instead of just your side of the board. This is something GMs readily do. They would say, "position is not equal" instead of "position is imbalanced" as Silman would say but it is the same message.
I agree very much with your ideas on The Amateur's Mind. Another book that is kind of similar in approach that I like a lot is called Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry, the stepfather of Hikaru Nakamura and chess coach who coached and educated Hikaru. You can get the ebook version over at Forward Chess. I like the clarity of their format and how you can turn on Stockfish for any position and then try things out.
What needs to be emphasized is you need to be thinking "imbalances" for both sides instead of just your side of the board. This is something GMs readily do. They would say, "position is not equal" instead of "position is imbalanced" as Silman would say but it is the same message.
I agree very much with your ideas on The Amateur's Mind. Another book that is kind of similar in approach that I like a lot is called Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry, the stepfather of Hikaru Nakamura and chess coach who coached and educated Hikaru. You can get the ebook version over at Forward Chess. I like the clarity of their format and how you can turn on Stockfish for any position and then try things out.
thank you. Ordered the book.
What would you read first 'How to Reasses Your Chess' or 'The Amateur's Mind'? Or would you skip a book for the other?
I would def read Am Mind first.
Other imbalances not mentioned are: 1) the other player having a safer King; 2) better possession of useful diagonal