Test, Evaluate and Improve Your Chess

Though not as meaty as Igor Khelmnitsky's Chess Rating Exam (Which I also highly recommend), I am quite satisfied with what it does - namely test your ability to handle positions of different levels of difficulty. Speaking as a USCF 1500 player striving to improve, It is my opinion that Test, Evaluate and Improve your Chess is one of those books you need to visit before you even think of approaching advanced texts like Silman's books or My System. I believe many adult players today are deluded into thinking they are way better than their rating suggests they might be, and immerse themselves in books way over their head. They then embarrass themselves in tourneys against stronger competition who don't have "missing holes" or "gaps" in their application of chess technique or knowledge. (Surprise, Surprise!) They then get into denial about it and buy more books useless for their level. This book however says "if you think you're this good you should certainly know how to play these kinds of positions in your sleep by now...and if you can't, well, put that opening book away and get to the real heart of the problem with your game". Some of you may disagree, but this is just my opinion and I fully believe Dr.Kopec's book is a good step towards chess-rehab. for those stuck at a ratings-plateau.