Any Chess Book Recommendations?

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Sarvalov97

Hello I currently have my system and art of attack in chess. I was hoping to get another chess book. I've playing for about 3 years now so I would not say I am a beginner. I would say I am an aggressive type of player. Any suggestions would be great also explain how the book will help me. And if I would have to say anything I believe my biggest issue is openings. But in the middle game I just take over because of tactics and strategy.

Die_Schanze

For the opening something like FCO by GM van der Sterren or "Understanding chess openings" by IM Sam Collins is a good start. In these book you can find all you need now to play an opening. Later you'll want to have more detailled works.

A workbook with tactics is always good. Work with it 15 minutes every day.

For understanding chess better i would recommand studying annoted games. Maybe you could start with Alekhine:

http://www.russell-enterprises.com/mbgalek.html

http://www.russell-enterprises.com/ny1924.html

http://www.russell-enterprises.com/ny1927.html

http://www.russell-enterprises.com/nottingham1936.html

 

You also need to know some basics in the endgame. Most single volumes will do the job up to Expert level, e.g. by Nunn, Silman or Averbakh.

jambyvedar

Winning Chess Brilliancies by Seirawan. You will learn good opening concepts there. It also explain middle game ideas.

cgrau

It seems that you started out with some pretty advanced material. You might like and benefit from some game collections of players like Paul Morphy and Frank Marshall. Marshall annotated his own games here. They're lively with lots of straight-forward attacks. There's some value in having a player's own annotations as no one else knows better what they'e thinking.

There are any number of books about Morphy. I enjoyed this one. Great games, good annotation. 

Generally, check out NM and chess instructor Dan Heisman's suggestions here. http://www.danheisman.com/Events_Books/General_Book_Guide.htm

NightKingx

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/books-to-start-with

Angel9505

You like checkmating middlegame attacks, then try 'Master Checkmate Strategy', all about attacking in the middlegame, extremely good for aggressive players.

kindaspongey

https://web.archive.org/web/20140626173432/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen128.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627031504/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen76.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103703/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review673.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708111459/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review779.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708111015/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review685.pdf