Looking for some sugestions on books for beginners

try Bobby fischer taches chess

Seirawan's "winning chess" volumes are good I think and I have seen other positive reviews of them. 

I just finished "Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide To Chess".

 

I would have to say I enjoyed the book. While at first it is slow if you know the first thing about chess. It picks up and really opens your eyes to the principles. The way the book is written is basically lessons and conversations between A teacher and student. The reason I liked it was not only did it talk about logical things in chess, but it would show you the other side(the student was questioning everything, like anyone would), it goes through the course of a game and points out what are exeptable moves and mistakes, and it explains how they are mistakes. While the book goes through the course of 1 game it also brings in different concepts and openings here and there, showing multiple examples of deffenses/attacks with different game positions than the game its revolves around so you can get a better feel for everything. 

 

If you are a somewhat new with chess like me( I just started getting serious the past couple months, I knew how to play chess ever since I was a kid but was never really serious about it until now) then I do recommend it. If you haven't read a chess book yet it would probably be good buy. I am not one to read books and I finished this book faster than any book in my life, it's a little over 300 pages too. I also read Bobby Fischer Teaches chess in about 2 days, I would have to say that's another good one to get. It's not much of a book though, more or less just tactics puzzles but it does open your eyes, the way they have the book set up is genius, and it really does teach you how to find the answers, again it's slow at first if you know anything about chess at all but it gets very interesting. 

 

Oh and BTW... GO BROWNS!! 

Thank you I will check them out!

I have also recently read "Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide To Chess" and would have to give it an excellent review, then after that I would say to play a whole bunch of different people and find out where the weakest part of your game is and work on finding a good book for that.  My weakness was end-game so last month after having finished my Pandolfini book I picked up "Basic Chess Endings" and while it is kind of dry and I haven't completed the book yet I am doing much better due to the study and practice.

Absolutely love "How to Beat Your Dad at Chess" by Murray Chandler, and of course Josh Waitzkin's "Attacking Chess".  Both books have brought me from below 1000 to above 1100 in a matter of a week.

A few weeks ago I picked up "Chess 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games" by Laszlo Polgar. It has over 1,000 pages of problems, from one move checkmates to three move checkmates. I find it has helped me to begin to look a few moves ahead in a game and to see things that are not there to a naked eye if I can use that phase. It might help you, let me know if you choose it. Good luck.

I think RetGuvvie98 got it correct with his double post. I don't know what the rest of ya'll are talking about? The question was succinct and to the point of a scalpel:  "Looking for some sugestions on books for beginners?" Could be for Lake Erie underwater basket weaving? Could be how to prepare Anchor Bar Hot Wings? Could be "How not to look Dorkey and be from Tonawanda or Kenmore NY? Oh my bad no cure for that! :)))-