Should you read chess books

You should read chess books like ... Positional Decision Makin In Chess by Boris Gelfand ...Rewire Your Chess Brain by Cy Lakdawalla ... Endgame Strategy by Mikhail Sherevesky ... Plan Like A GM by A Suetin & Combine Chess Books with Chess Videos while still Playing Chess @blundererxd

@ThunderClap said in #22:
> You should read chess books like ... Positional Decision Makin In Chess by Boris Gulko ...

You mean Boris Gelfand, of course.
Boris Gulko wrote the three excellent "Lessons with a Grandmaster" volumes.

You absolutely should

@Schtaeve said in #9:
> Yeah but that was 300 years before Stockfish.
>
> "Screw readin', gimme iPad" - modern Johann Goethe, probably

I like reading books on the iPad actually.

@pointlesswindows said in #25:
> I like reading books on the iPad actually.

Very good, you won't be constantly disturbed by the sound of turning pages while reading.

I agree with njswift. If you like reading any books than read chess books. Most kids do not enjoy reading in general and so reading chessbooks will not work. All world champoins, including the post computer age greats like Anand and Carlsen, were/are avid chess book readers.

But NAkamura is not and he turned out pretty good, so I guess it's back to if you like reading any books, then you will enjoy reading chess books