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About any book: always remember that chess is a practical skill and not accumulating "knowledge". More procedural than declarative. "Reading a book" gets you nowhere.
No I would not recommend that particular book.
Books by strong players or by original thinkers can be inspiring. These are like a lesson conveyed through the pages.
Except for very strong players who can play blindfold, you must not read the book but play the book with a chess set.
You can learn end game skills from a book. Just get the advice and then practise it. The number of times I've played more skilful opponents who then end up drawing because they don't know how to win with rook and king, or even queen and king. Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is one old favourite, although Averbakh is more a specialist book on endings. In particular, learn about 'the opposition'; such a useful concept for endgames.
Books are important but pratic is more important
i got that
But no one still reads
Sargon's advice is bad advice, as even grandmasters read books to improve their play.
He's right. He means simply passively absorbing the information is useless. But applying the knowledge, of course, is extremely helpful.
#2 I don't agree completely. For exmple rook endings, Lucena and Philidor positions,... are very difficult to learn by playing since they are very complicated. Since they are common to appear in practical playing, reading about them in a book will help you save lots of 1/2-points. I think there are many other examples...
Eja, he is only right if you twist his words and force sanity into it. So no, he is definitely wrong. Your message has the implication that says, "Apply the knowledge you acquire from books", but that wasn't what he said at all. Read his original message again.

He says:
"always remember that chess is a practical skill and not accumulating 'knowledge'" False. Chess is both about acquiring knowledge and applying that knowledge.

He also says:
"Reading a book" gets you nowhere"
@Miracles I think @Sarg0n #2 says "reading a book" meaning "to read" is not necessarily "to study", because to read chess books is not very useful if you dont study and practice to build your knowledge

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