How to read a chess book?

Hey,

I want to improve my chess skills with chess books and I just readed few sites. The comments helped me very well, to get the ideas of the different lines, but some lines has zero comments on them,. Most of the cases, this is the main line, the players played and the book writer let these uncommented and then he is showing a picture of the current chess situation.

I am a newbie to chess books and so much lines just overhelms me a lot and these uncommented lines also, I dont know, what I can do with that. I guess, you readed some chess books, so I just wanted to ask, can you give me some advises, how I can read the chess book pages and genereal tips, how to work with chess books. What should I focus, what can I ignore?

Best wishes

Are you talking about books regarding the openings?

"... Just because a book contains lots of information that you don’t know, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be extremely helpful in making you better at this point in your chess development. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2001)
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"... The books that are most highly thought of are not necessarily the most useful. Go with those that you find to be readable. ..." - GM Nigel Davies (2010)
"... For new players, I cannot recommend books that use [an encyclopedic] type of presentation [of opening theory], because the explanatory prose that elaborates typical plans and ideas is usually absent, thus leaving the student without any clear idea why certain moves are played or even preferred over other apparently equivalent moves. ... For inexperienced players, I think the model that bases opening discussions on more or less complete games that are fully annotated, though with a main focus on the opening and early middlegame, is the ideal. ..." - FM Carsten Hansen (2010)

Yes Wordy books can be of great value if you relate to the Author or if the Author is interesting & Inspiring , If You stick to Studying Complete Games that have words (annotated) in Books that I will recommend to You based on your already decent progress so far (You aren't a beginner for instance at all) I would say read The Art Of Defense In Chess By Andrew Soltis as it will open your eyes to thoughts about Chess you may not have had thought about , Or for Clarity Neil Mcdonald Chess : The Art of Logical Thinking from the first move to the last >>>>>>>> Search or google >>>> Chess The Art Of Logical Thinking From The First Move To The Last .... The Internet Archive has it For FREE @Karapador Very Clear Wordy book that is really straightforward