Re: Chess books?
I was competetive player in my U-18 days.
I believe tactics is almost everything in chess and you should focus 90% of your study time on it. Probably the best idea is to get some software with tactical excersises (software is fun because you just make moves and the computer prepares test for you/remembers what you already solved etc).
I think "my system" should be skipped (haha I know its a heresy for old timers). Books like that focus on things which are not that important in that game.
So basically my reccomendations are :
-software with tactical excersises
-collection of games of good players
-some BASIC books about openings
EDIT : "Endgame strategy" by Shereshevsky is simply amazing book. Its probably the most useful/best writen strategy book ever. I am not sure if its in print now (I lost my copy long time ago and I would love to buy it too).
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