Boost up your chess 1 is great. It's in the same format as the other books in the series: a short lesson with excellent examples, followed by 12 test positions.
It's harder in german because my german is awful. I'll will have to work through the book again when it arrives in english.
Chapter 1 - tactics - windmill
Chapter 2 - strategy - (skipped)
Chapter 3 - tactics - weak back rank
Quote:it looks like it is intended that you should read the all the low-rating ones first, then all the middle-rating ones, etc
You misread the tread.
Aagaard writes, "In gerenal I would recommend anyone wanting to work with these books, to go through them all."
Shaw writes, "Your question about which order to read them is interesting, but I am not sure there is a single correct answer. Chess knowledge is often specific, so the order you read the books may not be critical. For example, someone who reads Volume 2 of the first series (the “Beyond the Basics” level) will probably still learn a lot from Volume 1 of the second series (the “Fundamentals” level)."
Silman's review says there will be three books total. This is incorrect. There will be 9.