That might depend on what you have already studied.
After Logical Chess move by move
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Jan 27, 2015
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there are so many good books. the 2 what helped me were tha amateurs mind and simple chess both good learning books.
Check out Dan Heisman's page for a bunch of recommendations under all the subjects (tactics, strategy, etc.):
https://home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Events_Books/General_Book_Guide.htm
If you're looking to stick with annotated game anthologies (i.e., similar to Logical Chess), he recommends the following list (in approximate order):
- Logical Chess Move by Move - Irving Chernev
- The World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book - Heisman
- Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking - Neil McDonald
- (Note: the non-anthology A First Book of Morphy by del Rosario can be read here)
- Simple Attacking Plans - Wilson - contains a variety of master-master, master-amateur & amateur-amateur games
- Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played - Irving Chernev
- The Art of Planning in Chess - Neil McDonald
- Winning Chess Brilliancies - Yasser Seirawan
- Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur - Euwe and Meiden
- 50 Essential Chess Lessons - Steve Giddins
- Chess Success: Planning After the Opening - Neil McDonald
- (Chess Strategy for Club Players - Grooten can be read here - it has mostly games but some game snippets)
- The Giants of Strategy - Neil McDonald
- 50 Ways to Win at Chess - Steve Giddins (after this book I would go to individual game collections)
- Understanding Chess Middlegames - John Nunn - Even though some of the games omit openings, this book is similar to Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played in that the games are organized by themes, and thus very helpful.
- Giants of the Power Play - Neil McDonald - the final of this excellent five-book set
- Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess - Sokolov - a fitting follow-up to The Art of Attack by Vukovich
- Understanding Chess Move by Move - John Nunn
- Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces - Igor Stohl
- Zurich 1953 - David Bronstein
Which chess book do you guys recommend after reading Logical chess move by move by Irving Chernev?