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Nimzo-indian Rubinstein- Dunnington
...but I am not sure which book to swap. I like most of my chess books. Those that i do not want are err...may not be useful to you
why would the swap work? mail?
Lousy wrote:
I am interested in this book
Nimzo-indian Rubinstein- Dunnington
...but I am not sure which book to swap. I like most of my chess books. Those that i do not want are err...may not be useful to you
Dunnington's book In the Nimzoindian is good if youre interested we can discuss matters pertaining on how we can swap titles. But if you really want to know the opening very well, I suggest you also take the one by gligoric. Gligoric is the leading authority in the Nimzoindian. May i know youre lists in youre library? Please find time to write it down. thanks.
musiquismo wrote: why would the swap work? mail?
Yup! If youre interested please find time to write down youre titles.Thanks.I can suggest books for you if you want. 
Profoundly amazed with the collection! I don't even have a single book! If not swapping, any donations?
Nottypawn wrote: Profoundly amazed with the collection! I don't even have a single book! If not swapping, any donations?
Chess players have books, how come you don't even have a single one? But I must admit a lot of these books are very much older than me.
Nobody will understand a chess player but a chess player.
. C'mon guys list down your books in youre library.
. C'mon guys list down your books in youre library.
ketchuplover wrote: Have you read all those(OP)? Very impressive
Yup! I've read them all but of course my study on them is quite superficial. I'm more than a critic. Facing facts objectively. But I really enjoyed the books by SUmmerscale in A killer Chess openings and Silman's Dynamic Caro-kann, if youre talking about openings.
I'm looking for the book on the Lasker -Capablanca Match 1921 and the Alekhine -Capablanca Match 1927 in English translation.I also have russian books and magazines. It's around 20 books and 15 magazines in my library but I cant' understand them cause i dont speak and read russian.
Here is mine:
This list below are not for swapping....I am sorry.
1) Starting out d4 -John Cox
2) easy guide to reti_Angus Dunniston
3)Rate your endgame Medinis
4)Garry Kasparov chess challenge
5) 1001 brillant ways to checkmate
6) Reassess your chess by silman
7) Reassess your chess workbook by silman
8) wininng chess tactics for juniors Lou Hays
9) winning with the french by Uhlman
10) starting out queen gambit by Neil macDonnald
11)Play the Queen's gambit by Chris Ward
12) I.A Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld :chess traps pitfalls and swindles
13) Tarrasch best games of chess by Fred Reinfeld
14) Chess fundamentals by Capablanca
15) Improve your chess by Leonid Barden
16) 1 small endgame book by an indian writer......
17) practical endgames by neil MacDonnald
Some books that I do not read and is gathering dust. Unfortunately to be honest there are better books out there than the list below. These books are for swapping. 
1) winning with the nimzo indian by keene
2) queen indian by lalic
3) Chess opening traps (?) by Pendolfini
4) What's the best move by Larry Evans
5) understanding the scilian by ??? (can'tremember...some of these books are in my storeroom in my parent's house at another state. This book is a bit dated)
6) beating the caro-kann by Kotronias
7) ruy lopez for the tournament player by gary lane
Lousy wrote:
Here is mine:
This list below are not for swapping....I am sorry.
I hope you can give me your email.Do you know any body who has a copy
of the book by LAsker on the 1921 match, i have mine in german and i can't read it. Also I'm looking for the 1927 match by Botvinnik and Purdy's Search for chess Perfection. By the way , Kotronias's book beating the Caro-kann is a good book for average tournament players. I used to have one you should take care of that books.
I don't play 1.e4 anymore....so its up for grabs.
I don't like the resulting position for his advance caro-kann. It burns the "bridge" in the attack.
If the attack fizzle, then black has an easy endgame with so much advance white pawns.
I am shaken. I thought my small collection of well-used chess books was an extreme. This post has changed my preconception on that point. My humble library is as follows:
1) Understanding Chess: Move by Move by John Nunn
2) Winning Chess by Chernev and Reinfield
3) Josh Waitzkin's Attacking Chess
4) Winning Chess Openings by Bill Robertie
5) Chess in a Nutshell by Fred Reinfield
Note that I am not interested in a swap, but am simply posting my library here.
Unbeliever wrote:
I am shaken. I thought my small collection of well-used chess books was an extreme. This post has changed my preconception on that point. My humble library is as follows:
1) Understanding Chess: Move by Move by John Nunn
2) Winning Chess by Chernev and Reinfield
3) Josh Waitzkin's Attacking Chess
4) Winning Chess Openings by Bill Robertie
5) Chess in a Nutshell by Fred Reinfield
I think you need a tactics puzzle book and also 1-2 endgame books. To tell people honestly, I have too many opening books. Regret buying them
Lousy wrote: Unbeliever wrote:
I am shaken. I thought my small collection of well-used chess books was an extreme. This post has changed my preconception on that point. My humble library is as follows:
1) Understanding Chess: Move by Move by John Nunn
2) Winning Chess by Chernev and Reinfield
3) Josh Waitzkin's Attacking Chess
4) Winning Chess Openings by Bill Robertie
5) Chess in a Nutshell by Fred Reinfield
I think you need a tactics puzzle book and also 1-2 endgame books.
I also own CM, with its many tutorials on endgames and am a frequent visitor of chess.emrald.net, which has over 28,000 tactical puzzles, which I try to do around 75 each day. However, I am open to suggestions for intermediate-advance level Endgame Books.
Excellent! Youre on your way up if that's the case
I never gave much thought to my chess library until I saw the above list. May be you can tell the weak areas of your game by examining your chess library.
Here's mine.
My 60 Memorable Games - Fischer
Tal Autobiography - Tal
Benko My Life, Games and Composition
My best Games - Karpov
Sorcerer's Apprentice
Euwe Best Games
Alekhine Best Games - Algebraic ed revised by Nunn
Kasparov Fighting Chess - Kasparov
Petrosian Legacy - Petrosian
Victor Bologan Best Games - Bologan
Capablanca Best Chess Endings - Chernev
Botvinnik Selected Games
Botvinnik Selected Games Vol II
My Great Predecessors Vol 1 - Kasparov
My Great Predecessors Vol II
My Great Predecessors Vol III
My Great Predecessors - Fischer
1960 - Tal
Zurich 1953 - Bronstein
Five Crowns - Seirawan
Kasparov vs Deep Blue - Pandolfini
The King - Donner
Smart Chip of St Petersburg - Sosonko
Reliable Past - Sosonko
Turbulent Genius of Garry Kasparov - Waitzkin
San Luis 2005
San Antonio -1972
Montreal 1979
Think Like a GM - Kotov
Play like a GM - Kotov
Improve your Chess Now -
Art of Analysis - Timman
Middle Game in Chess - Keres and Kotov
Pawn Power in Chess -
Training for the Tournament Player - Dvoretsky
Secrets of Chess Tactics - Dvoretsky
Position et Combinaison - Euwe
Judgment and Planning - Euwe
Soviet Chess Conveyor ebook Shereshevsky
Les Echecs
Guide Marabout des Echecs
Art of chess combination - Snosko-borowski
Art of Checkmate - Kahn
Art of Defence - Soltis
Art of Defence - Polugaevski
How to reassess your Chess - Soltis
Benoni - Nunn
Mastering the Modern Chess Opening - Watson
Basic Chess Ending - Fine
Mastering the Endgame Closed Openings Vol 2 - Shereshevski
Endgame Strategy - Shereshevsky
Van Perlo Endgame Tactics
From Opening to Endgame - Mednis
For swap or sale: Basic Chess Ending - Fine
Zurich 1953 - Bronstein
Judgement & Planning - Euwe
Les Echecs Guide Marabout
My System - Nimzovitch
Here's a list of my book sin my library. I am interested in swapping titles. thnks
Opening Books
A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire –Summerscale
The Chess Advantage in Black & White- Kaufman
Winning with the Najdorf –King
Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings Schiller
Winning with the Schliemann –Tseitlin
Dutch Defense: New and Forgotten Ideas-Minev, Donaldson
Complete Defense to 1.Pk4(A study of the Petroff’s Defense) –Hooper
Complete Defense to King Pawn Openings: Caro-Kann –Schiller
The Ruy Lopez: Winning Chess with 1. PK4 –Barden
The Benoni –hartston
The Modern Defence –Keene, Botterill
The King’s Indian Defense-Barden,Hartston, Keene
The Siclian Defense Book1 –Gligoric, V. Sokolov
The Siclian Dragon –Levy
The Sicilian Sozin – Kottnauer, Botterill, Harding
Ideas behind the Chess openings-Fine
Caro-Kann Defence- Suetin
The Classical Caro-Kann-Kasparov, Shakarov
The Gruenfeld Defence-Hartston
The Dynamic Caro-Kann –Silman
The Meran System –Pedersen
The Slav Defense –Sadler
The Ultimate King’s Indian Attack –Dunnington
Starting out: Benoni Systems –Raetsky,Chetverik
Winning with the Gruenfeld –Adorjan, Dory
The Complete benoni –Psakhis
An Unbeatable White repertoire –Evans, Smith
Trends: Benko Gambit –Jacobs
Nunn’s Chess openings-Nunn,Burgess,Emms,Gallagher
The Chigorin Queens Gambit –Dunningtopn
B12 Caro-Kann –Seirawan
The Sicilian Scheveningen –Kasparov,Nikitin
The Grand Prix Attack –Lane
The Ruy Lopez Exchange –Panczyk, Ilczuk
How to play the Albin Counter Gambit- Schiller
New Ideas in the Four Knights –Nunn
Mystery of Najdorf – Raicevic,Jukic,Boto
Chess Informant No. 2, 20,21
New In Chess No. 80
Open Ruy Lopez C80-81 –Korchnoi
Chess openings traps and zaps –Pandolfini
Winning with the closed Sicilian –Lane
Surveys: 34 Opening Variations
Strategy ,Tactics, Studies books
Grandmaster Secrets: Endings –Soltis
Granmaster Secrets : Openings –Soltis
Chess Fundamentals –Capablanca, de Firmian
Analyzing th end game –Speelman
The Middle game Book 1 –Euwe,Kramer
My System –Nimzovich
Turning Advantage into victory in chess –Soltis
Winning Chess Tournaments for juniors –Snyder
The Middle Game in chess –Fine
200 Challenging Chess Puzzles –Greif
Combinations The Heart of Chess-Chernev
The King Hunt –Cozens
Development of a chessmaster-Schiller
The Final Countdown- Hajenius,van Riemsdijk
Practical Knight Endings – Mednis
Practical Chess Endings: Keres
Chess Endings Essential Knwoledge – Averbakh
The Chess Sacrifice –Vukovic
303 Tactical Chess Puzzles-Wilson,Albertson
Master The Game of Chess – Sehgal
Winning with chess Psychology –Benko, Hochberg
From Beginner to expert in 40 Lessons –Kostyev
Training For the Tournamnet Player-Dvoretsky,Yusupov
How to play good opening moves-Mednis,Hochberg
Chess Catechism –Evans
Alexander on Chess –Alexander
The Art of Defense In Chess- SOltis
The Art of Positional Play –Reshevsky,Hochberg
3 Steps To Chess Mastery –Suetin
Attack & Defence in Modern Chess Tactics-Pachman
The Art of Chess –MASon
Easy Endgame Stategies – Robertie
The 10 Common Chess Mistakes –Evans
A World Champions Guide to Chess –Susan Polgar
Chess Tactics For Champions –Susan Polgar
Guide to Good Chess – Purdy
# Teach Yourself Visually Chess –Edwards
*Complete Chess Strategy 1 -3 –Pachman
*Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur-Euwe, Meiden
Master Class Typical Mistakes –Mcdonald
Mastering Chess Tactics –Mcdonald
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Chess –Wolf
Comprehensive Chess Endings 1 -5 – Averbakh,Maizelis,Kopaev,Chekover
Chess For Beginners –Horowitz
Chess Board Magic –Chernev
Planning in Chess- Flesch
Chess for Fun & Chess for blood- Ed Lasker
Chess Endings Made Simple –Snape
Wining Chess –Chernev, Reinfeld
Inside the Chess Mind-Aagaard
Secrets of Rooks Endings-Nunn
Understanding Chess Move by move –Nunn
Improve Your Chess now- Tisdall
New Ideas In Chess –Evans
Winning Chess Tactics For Juniors –Hays
Chess Endings For the practical player
School of Chess Excellence VOl. 1 to 4 –Dvoretsky
Secrets of Chess Training –Dvoretsky
Attack and Defense- Yusupov, Dvoretsky
The Middle Game book 2 –Euwe,Kramer
Play Like a GM –Kotov
Think Like a Gm –Kotov
Train Like a GM –Kotov
The Soviet School of Chess- Kotov, Yudovich
A Contemporary Approach to the Middlegame –Suetin
Plan Like a GM –Suetin
Understanding the Sacrifice-Dunnington
Chess Endgame training –Rosen
Pandolfinis’ Endgame Course –Pandolfini
How to use Computers to Improve Your Chess –Kongsted
Understanding Pawn play in chess –Marovich
The Art of Chess Combination- Znosko-Borovsky
The Soviet Chess Conveyor-Shereshevsky
The Art of planning in chess-Mcdonald
Defence and Counterattack- Florian
Why You lose at chess –harding
How to calculate chess tactics-Beim
The Art of Attack in chess –Vukovic
The brilliant touch in chess –Korn
Winning Chess Tactics –Seirawan,Silman
Biographical Books
Chess At the top 1979 to 1984 –Karpov
Beyond the 13th Move –Torre
Gary Kasparov’s Fighting Chess-Kasparov,Speelman,Wade
My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957-Smyslov
Reshevsky’s Best games of chess- Reshevsky
Jon Speelman’s Best Games of Chess – Speelman
Devlopment of a GM –Adams
Morphy’s Game of Chess –Sergeant
The Chess Games of Adolph ANderssen –Burnett,Pickard
John Nunn’s Best Games –Nunn
Chess Praxis –Nimzovich
Nimzovich –The Hypermodern –Reinfeld
Grandmaster Achievement –Polugaevsky
Mikhail Tal’s Best Games of Chess –Clarke
The Closed Openings in action –Karpov
The Development of A Chess Style –Euwe,Nunn
My Life and Games –Kramnik,Damsky
My 300 Best Games –Karpov
The Games of Anatoly Karpov –O’conel,Adams
My Best games of chess VOl 1 1908 -1923 –Alekhine
100 Instructive games of Alekhine –Reinfeld
CJS Purdy;s Fine art of Annotation Vol. 1 to 3 –Purdy
My 60 Memorable Games –Fischer
Learn from Bobby Fischer’s Games –Schiller
How to beat Bobby Fischer –Mednis
Bobby Fischer: from genius to legend –Gufeld
Profile of A Prodigy –Brady
How Fischer Plays Chess- Levy
Bobby Fischer and His approach to chess-Agur
The Immortal Games of Capablanca –Reinfeld
The Art of Sacrifice in chess –Rudolph Spielman
Botinnik’s 100 Selected Games 1926-1946 –Botvinnik
Kasparov’s VOl. 1-6 –Chess Asia
Tigran Petrosian: His life and Games –Vasiliev
Spassky’s 100 Best Games –Cafferty
The Games of Robert James Fischer – O’Connell
Kasparov’s Chess Openings-Borik
#Achieving the aim –Botvinnik
Interview with a GM –Summerscale
My best Games –Karpov
A Memorial to Steinitz –Devide
The Test of Time –Kasparov
My 50 Years of Chess- Marshall
Fire on Board: Shirov’s Best Games – Shirov
Why Lasker Matters-SOltis
The Blockade-Nimzovich
William Steinitz:Selected Chess Games –Devide,Hooper
My Chess Carrer-Capablanca
Anatoly Karpov: His road to the world championship –Botvinnik
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal- Tal, Nunn,Chandler
Gary Kasparov:His career in chess-Yudovich
Tigran Petrosian : Master of Defense 1946 to 1963 –Clarke
Aron Nimzovitch: Master of planning –Keene
Chess Matches,Tournaments,Collections
Best of Chess 1988 – 1995 Game sof Worlds top ten –Chess Asia
World Championship Chess 1990 Cycle-Chess asia
“ ‘ ‘ 1993 Cycle –Chess asia
Fischer vs Spassky 5M illion Comback –Davies,Pein,Levitt
“ “ “ The Chess Match of the Century –Gligoric
Best Chess Games 1970 -1980 –Speelman
The GM’s Mind –Avni
The Golden treasury of Chess- Horowitz
1992 Fischer –Spassky 10:5 – Matanovich
Moscow Marathon 1984/1985 World Chess Ch. –Speelman,Tisdal
World Champion from Ruy Lopez to Fischer –Santos,Ramirez,Valdez
5 Crowns: The Complte Karpov- Kasparov Duel –Seirawan,Tisdal
World Chess Championship 1995:Kasparov vs. ANand: King
The World Chess Championship 1948-1969 –Glogoric,Wade
Great Chess Victories and Defeats –Byrne
500 Master games of Chess- Tartakover
Zurich Int’l Chess Tournament 1953 –Bronstein
The book of the Nottingham Int’l Chess Tournamnet –Alekhine
The 1974 Canidates Semi-finals –Santos, Ramirez, Mendez
The Leningrad Interzonal 1973 –Torre,De Castro
Interzonal Chess Biel 1993 –Chess Asia
Interzonal Chess Manila 1990 –Chess ASias
World Chess Olpympiade 1988,1990,1992,1996 –Chess Asia
Various Tournament books from 1988 to 1997 ( Iceland, Spain, Belgium, France,)
# Chess Match between Steinitz and Blackburne –Steinitz
Folkstone 1933 Int’l Team Chess Tournament –Kashdan
Trophy Chess: Lessing Rosenwald Tournament -1954 -1955 –Evans
The World Chess Crown Challenge:Kasparov –Karpov Seville 1987 –Bronstien
2nd Intl’ Chess Tournamnte Moscow 1935 –Krylenko
Soviet Union vs World 1970 –Petrosian,Matanovich
Mammoth Book of Greatest Chess Games –Nunn, Emms, burgess
Chess Magazines
Chess Asia
VOl 14 #1
VOl 17# 3
Vol 16 # 2
VOl 17 # 4
Vol 17 # 2
Vol 14 # 2
Vol 8 # 2
Vol 7 # 4
VOl 9 # 2
Vol 7 # 3
Vol 8 # 4
Vol 11 #2
Vol 10 # 4
VOl 12 # 3
Vol 11 # 1
Vol 9 # 1
Vol 3 # 4
Vol 4 # 2
Inside Chess
Vol 7 # 13
Vol 5 # 7
VOl 6 # 24
Vol 10 # 10
Vol 7 # 10
Chess Life
July 2005
July 2006
Aug 2005
May 2005