 | The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess, Third Edition by Patrick Wolff
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $4.18 |
 | Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition by Irving Chernev
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $7.25 The best chess book of all time.!! You must own this.All his books are great.His move by move approach to writing this book helped many many players,me being one.
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 | Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge by Iuri Averbakh
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.50 You must buy this book.You have to learn to finish the game.
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 | Pandolfini's Endgame Course: Basic Endgame Concepts Explained by America's Leading Chess Teacher (Fireside Chess Library) by Bruce Pandolfini
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.96 This is one of his best books.
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 | Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner To Master by Jeremy Silman
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $19.86 This will solidify what you learned from the Averbakh,Pandolfini endgames books.I hope they fix the errors and typos because this is the best endgame book I've read so far,no one teaches or writes as good as Silman.
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 | How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Gambit chess) by Murray Chandler
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.82 This book is great for any age chess player, its like an up to date version of the book "the art of checkmate", all the important checkmate patterns are here. Another great book by Gambit.
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 | Weapons of Chess: An Omnibus of Chess Strategies (Fireside Chess Library) by Bruce Pandolfini
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.99 Great start to strategy.Great Book.Strategy is the overall plan used to win chess games by positioning your pieces.
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 | Practical Chess Exercises: 600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy by Ray Cheng
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $8.10 Practical is the key word to this outstanding book
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 | Understanding the Chess Openings by Sam Collins
Buy new: $22.00 / Used from: $16.62 This is a great start to openings,don't worry about an opening repertoire until you are a solid intermediate player.Read all the books on this list first.
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 | Discovering Chess Openings: Building Opening Skills from Basic Principles by John Emms
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $7.99 |
 | Zuke 'Em-The Colle Zukertort Revolutionized: A chess opening system for everyone, now bullet-proofed with new ideas by David I Rudel
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $22.95 A great alternative to the Collins book if d4 the queen pawn opening, makes the most sense to you. The Colle (caw-lee) System is fail safe and sound. I used this when I first started in chess.
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 | A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $14.50 A great introduction to the amazing Morphy.This book teaches you the sound chess fundamentals found within Morphy's great games and his brilliant attacking style.
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 | My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $12.44 |
 | Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking: From the First Move to the Last by Neil McDonald
Buy new: $15.80 / Used from: $7.94 Great Book!! One of my favorites. Get the Art of Planning in Chess by McDonald too,for further reading.
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 | The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy by Irving Chernev
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $4.77 I consider Chernev and Reinfeld to be the best chess authors of all time,their books are classics and many authors have copied them.Many people consider this Chernev's best book.
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 | 50 Essential Chess Lessons by Steve Giddins
Buy new: $22.45 / Used from: $12.86 Wow! a fantastic book in the style of Chernev.
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 | Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry
Buy used from: $6.79 I love this book. One of the first chess books I ever read.
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 | The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery by Jeremy Silman
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.75 Silman is a fantastic chess teacher and author,sure to be one of your all time favorites too.There is no other chess book quite like this amazing book!.
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 | Winning Chess Tactics, revised (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess) by Yasser Seirawan
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $9.99 Buy This whole series of books,they are great. The Winning Chess series.A great refresher course.
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 | Chess Tactics for Champions: A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way by Susan Polgar
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $9.95 More tactics,fantastic book.Tactics are the tools used the win chess games.
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 | Endgame Tactics: A Comprehensive Guide to the Sunny Side of Chess Endgames by Ger van Perlo
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $13.49 More endgame tactics.Read the tactic books like homework every day.
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 | 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate (Chess lovers' library) by Fred Reinfeld
Buy new: $9.60 / Used from: $2.85 A book you will come back to again and again.Endgame tactics.
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 | One Thousand and One Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations by Fred Reinfeld
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $3.46 Middlegame tactics.Another tool to fine tune your tactics.
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 | Chess Tactics (Batsford Chess Book) by Paul Littlewood
Buy new: $13.64 / Used from: $7.91 You can't have enough books on tactics.
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 | Sharpen Your Tactics by Anatoly Lein
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $11.35 Be a tactical monster.
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 | How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess-Mastery Course(Exp. 3rd Edition) by Jeremy Silman
Buy used from: $11.57 Refine your game.This is my second choice for best chess book of all time.A must buy.This will be a difficult book for the beginner,you will use this book over and over,it is that good ,just be patient when reading this amazing book.Buy the workbook with same title with this book.
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 | The Reassess Your Chess Workbook by Jeremy Silman
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.03 A must buy,this book has been called the most instructive book of chess problems ever written!
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 | Understanding Chess Move by Move by John Nunn
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $8.25 One the best chess books of all time! Nunn is an Absolute genius. Every book I've read so far by Gambit, Nunn's company, has been EXCELLENT! I really wish they would allow us to look inside their books, before we buy them here at Amazon, it would be very helpful. This would be same as a real book store where you look before buying.
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 | Attacking Chess: Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion (Fireside Chess Library) by Josh Waitzkin
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $3.19 Refine your attacking game.A very well written book,with entertaining stories included.Please refine your tactics and endgames skills before becoming an "Attacking Player",you will look stupid attacking and then losing a game.Thats why I made this list in order.
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 | Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic
Buy new: $23.04 / Used from: $11.55 Secret weapon 1 This is one of my all time favorite chess books.
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 | Attack with Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal
Buy new: $14.78 / Used from: $5.01 Secret weapon 2 The secret weapon of old school attacking chess players.
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 | Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis
Buy used from: $26.99 Soltice is a great writer,Rethinking the Chess Pieces,is another great book.
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 | School of Chess Excellence 2: Tactical Play by Mark Dvoretsky
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $29.48 Buy the strategy book in this series too.
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 | Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $12.91 Buy Chess Strategy in Action by Watson too.
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 | Chess Tactics For Advanced Players 2008 by Yuri Averbakh
Buy used from: $50.00 The best book on advanced tactics ever written.
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 | Chess Strategy (Batsford Chess Book) by Eduard Gufeld
Buy used from: $2.99 Gufeld was a Genius and a great teacher of chess. I love studying his games.
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 | Fundamental Chess Endings by Karsten Muller
Buy new: $21.86 / Used from: $10.36 The best reference for advanced endgames.
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