Re: Chess books?
I'll point you in a different direction. Lasker's Manual of Chess. An old time book and you can just skip the beginning section that briefly covers the movement of the pieces. Lasker once claimed he could take a person who had never played chess and turn them into a solid player in one month's time. Some might scoff at such a claim....but the old guy was World Champion for 27 years. His manual will get you up to speed on opening concepts without bogging you down in concrete variations (for now) and he will also ground you in middle game and end game concepts both strategic and tactical.
Other reasonable beginner/intermediate books would be
"The Art of Chess Combination" by Znowsky-Borowsky (sp?)
"A guide to chess endings" by Euwe and Hooper
"The Game of Chess" by Tarrasch (good strategic primer but more classical)
"My System" by Nimzovitch (strategic primer more hypermodern)
We could go into annotated tournament books and games collections next but we'll save that for another time.
Those handful of books and a little effort on your part
will get you up to strong intermediate level (rating of approximately 1600-1900)
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