RoaringPawn's 101 Books of Chess
Here 's the list of chess books I have compiled and which RoaringPawn is enjoying most.
As you can see, Roary is most obsessed with the selection of games of the greats (because of their ideas) and ideas in general (strategy). All history of humankind has been the history of ideas. The rest is just implementation of them (=tactics
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I also included several chess primers as I have been doing new modern ways of teaching and learning (complete) beginners.
If anyone of you might be interested in knowing more about any of the titles below, plz send me a private msg. Thanks
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GAME COLLECTIONS
Panov, Alekhine's 300 Games
Tal, Botvinnik-Tal Match
Bronstein, Zurich 1953
Larsen, 50 Selected Games
Fischer, My 60 Memorable Games
Keres, 100 Games
Smyslov, Chronicle of Chess Creativity
Alekhine, New York 1924
Botvinnik, Match Tournament 1941
Keres, Botvinnk, The 1948 Hague-Moscow Match/Tournament
Botvinnik, Three Matches Botvinik - Smyslov
Karpov, My Best Games
Korchnoi, My 55 Wins with White
Korchnoi, My 55 Wins with Black
Gligoric, I Play Against Pieces
Petrosian, Reliable Strategy (Strategia Nadezhnosti)
Bronstein, Sorcerer's Apprentice
Kmoch, Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces
Levenfish, Selected Games
Simagin, Best Games
Botvinnik, Euwe, Levenfish, Yudovich, Kan, Alatortsev, Belavenets, Bohatyrchuk, Lilenthal, Lisitsin, Rabinovich, Ragozin, Sozin, Romanovsky, Chekhover, The Second International Chess Tournament - Moscow 1935
Botvinnik, Kan, Capablanca, Levenfish, Ragozin, Riumin, Flohr, Rabinovich, Sozin, Chekhover, The Third International Chess Tournament - Moscow 1936
Lisitsin, X USSR Championship
USSR Ch XVII-XXII Tournament books
Boleslavsky, Bondarevsky, Petyrosian - Spassky 1969
Bondarevsky, Gotheburg 1955
Taimanov, Selected Games
Capablanca, My Chess Career
Geller, The Application of Chess Theory
Grekov, Chigorin's 120 Selected Games
Matsukevich, Richard Reti
Karpov, 50 Miniatures of World Champions
Kalinichenko, 1000 Sensational Defeats of Chess Kings
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STRATEGY
Dydyshko, Logic of Modern Chess
Nimzovich, My System
Mihail Suba, Dynamic Chess Strategy
Shereshevsky, Endgame Strategy
Isaak Lipnitsky, Questions of Modern Chess Theory
Terekhin, Strategic Methods in Chess
Keres, Kotov, The Art of Middlegame
Reshevsky, The Art of Positional Play
Euwe, Judgement and Planning in Chess
Romanovsky, Middlegame Plan
Larsen, Good Move Guide
Igor Zaitsev, Attack at the Strong Point
Lisitsin, Strategy and Tactics in Chess
Karpov, Matsukevich, Position Evaluation and Plan (Find the Right Plan with Karpov)
Watson, Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
Zenon Franco, Counterattack
Dvoretsky, The School of Chess Excellence, Strategy
Alatortsev, Problems of Modern Chess Theory
Pachman, Modern Chess Strategy
Hans Berliner, The System
Polugaevsky, The Art of Defence in Chess
Kmoch, Pawn Power in Chess
Uhlmann and Vogt, Gute Läufer - Schlechte Läufer
Znosko-Borovsky, The Middlegame in Chess
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ENDGAMES
Portisch, Sarkozy, 600 Endings
Averbakh, Pawn Endings
Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics
Keres, Practical Chess Endings
Jenö Bán, The Tactics of End-Games
Karpov, Kalinichenko, Practical Endgame. Strategy, Tactics, Technique
Fine and Benko, Basic Chess Endings
Nikolai Minev, A Practical Guide to Rook Endgames
Rabinovich, Endgame
Maizelis, Rook Against Pawns
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TACTICS
Viktor Henkin, 1000 Mate Combinations
Averbakh, Tactics for Advanced Players
Vukovic, Art of Attack in Chess
Spielmann, The Art of Sacrifice in Chess
Vukovic, Chess Sacrifice
Nikolay Minev, Mastering Tactical Ideas
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CHESS PRIMERS
Dragoslav Andric, Chess - The Game of Millions (my first chess book back in early 60s)
Fischer Teaches Chess
Capablanca, Primer of Chess
Golenischev, Training Program for Category III-IV Players
Ilya Maizelis, Soviet Chess Primer
Vukovic, Introduction to Chess
Shingerei, Scholastic Chess Primer
Koblents, School of Chess
Levenfish, Beginner's Chess Book
Bronstein, Self-Tutor
Gubnitsky, Complete Unique Chess Course
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CHESS STUDIES
Gia Nadareishvili, Chess Studies Through the GM Eyes
Kasparian, Chess Studies
Pozharsky, Chess Manual Using Studies
Bondarevsky, Pawn Endgame Studies
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OPENINGS
Smerdon's Scandinavian
Matsukevich, 555 Opening Mistakes
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GENERAL
Lasker, Manual
Hort, Jansa, Together with Grandmasters (The Best Move)
Reti, Masters of the Chessboard
Adrian de Groot, Thought and Choice in Chess
Jonathan Tisdall, Improve Your Chess Now
Beliavskiy, Mikhalchishin, Secrets of Chess Intuition
