Book for Beginner

I bought a couple chess books a week or so back having no idea what I was buying (this was right before I signed up on this site) but Im starting to think they may not be great for someone with no experience.

I bought:

Fundamental Chess Openings

Silman's Endgame course

and Learn Chess by Nunn

I thought this may have been a logical place to start based on reviews on Amazon.

I was recently looking at "The Mammoth Book of Chess" and

"Practical Chess Exercises"

What books would you guys recommend to someone with a fundamental understanding of the game, but wants to step to the next level? Im looking for a nice volume which can cover all aspects of the game in some depth.

Best,

Mike

I don't think you can do any wrong visiting here:

http://www.chesstactics.org/

That endgame book is good, make sure you know simple pawn endgames especially, it's good for deciding when to trade into a winning pawn endgame.

I may suggest Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess series, which covers all the concepts from basic to advanced. It is also fun to read and contains appropiate exercises, so it may increase your overall chess level by 1.

well, even if those books are too advanced for you right now, they will definitely serve you well after a few months of playing!

logical chess move by move is something you can't really go wrong with, a book on tactics would be useful too maybe back to basics: tactics by dan heisman? my first book was bobby fischer teaches chess. it only goes over back rank mates and defenses against them but it progresses at a really nice rate for a beginner and really drills the ideas into your head. 

out of interest: is the john nunn book you got not exactly the kind of thing you're looking for?

I think its a good book, don't get me wrong. But When I am reading Silman's book, I feel like I am getting a deeper level of understanding than Nunn's book. I like the exercises, but I could go for some more in depth analysis.

Mike

Thanks Scott. This is a cool site.

Mike

Have you visited Coach Dan Heisman's website yet ?  He has a whole section devoted to book recommendations.  danheisman.com

RF: I didn't see these! Do you reccomend a good one to start with?

Best,

Mike

Not yet, but linuxblue1 was mentioning this guy "Aww Rats" and I found his course on you tube. That seems to be helping out too even though I just started watching...

Im adding your recommendation  to my bookmarks too.

Thanks!

I would start with Winning Chess Tactics then pass on to the Openings since they are the most effective ones.