Chess Books

The following chess books,i have located in Bangalore Bookshop.

Chess players are requested to give some inputs regarding the merit of each book,if they own any of these books.Books may be old,but chess is much older than these books.

1 BATSFORD's Modern Chess Openings Nick De Fireman

2 Chess Openings Mike Basman

3 Bobby Fischer teaches chess

4 Assess your chess fast Alberuc Okellyde Galway (International Grand Master)

5 Chess vs Chess Amatuer Max Euwe and Walter Meiden

6 Learn Chess with Nigel Short

7 The King Hunt WH Cozens

8 How to beat your cgess computer for all

9 Learn Chess A new way Vol II Winning Method by Alexander and Beach

5

#5 is excellent. Many people here recommend #3. I don't prefer the programmed style of it.

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond…

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

RussBell-Thanks for an exhaustive list of books.

Will go through one by one leisurely.

Some more titles i have found in the book shop, i have added.

Please see the titles and provide some inputs if you know about these books. This will help to purchase these books to make a small personal library of chess books.

On the first list, #3 and #5 are the only books that I have any knowledge of and would recommend. On your second list, the two books that I would purchase are "The art of Middle Game" Paul Keres,Alexander Kotov and "The art of attack in chess" Vakovic.

Bobby Fischer Goes to War is not an instructional book. It presents a different view of the drama around the 1972 world chess championship.

Thank you so much. Will purchase these books at the earliest.

Thanks for your recommendation.

Will love to purchase this book at the earliest.

My book review of #3....it is targeted to the absolute beginner....

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess...a book review

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/bobby-fischer-teaches-chessa-book-review

more book recommendations to be found in the following articles....

Good Chess Openings Books For Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-openings-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

Good Positional Chess, Planning & Strategy Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/introduction-to-positional-chess-planning-strategy

Pawn Play and Structure - for Beginners and Beyond…

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/chess-books-on-pawn-play-and-structure

Thanks for your recommendations.

Will see all your references and finally only I will decide what to purchase.

Just in one book shop,I could get around 25 old chess books.

Oh my. Good haul. I do not know all of these, but of the ones I have read: #1 Batsford Modern Chess Openings is as good an example of a book overviewing opening lines as you'll find: the format has fallen out of favour in the modern world. #2 Mike Basman's openings book is a good low-grade-friendly explanatory volume but rather out-of-date. #5 I have not read but is well regarded and just about everything Euwe ever published is good (if you see his "Strategy and Tactics in chess" or "Judgement and Planning in chess", snap them up). #11 "Play Better Chess" by Barden is great for taking you from 800- to 1500+ but again is rather dated. #13 The Chess Player's Handbook is a historical document; the template for many books since its time (the modern equivalent is probably "The Mammoth Book of Chess"). #19 "Play for Mate" is one of my favourites and great for sharpening up one's practical ability for checkmate themes. #21 (Wenham) is fun but not to be taken all that seriously and is not great as a learning tool and he embroiders the truth sometimes (the ending of game 25 is not as he describes it, Black won, Wenham's paste diamond move 35. Ba7 actually loses to 37..., b6). More to follow...

#22 "The Art of the Middlegame" is in my view one of the most insightful chess books ever published. It teaches Pawn Structures, defence, and much more. If I had to choose only two of these books for instructive value I'd go for #19 and #22. #11 would come third. For fun, #13 and #21 would be my choices.

Thanks for your recommendations.

Will take your inputs and purchase the books one by one to have a personal library.

Excellent. This helps me to narrow down my selection. Will pick up your recommended books.

Thanks a ton !

@vsmanju Follow your heart also, and remember: there are books on your list which I have not read and which might be better. For example, my not having read that specific book by Euwe might well mean I under-appreciated it. For everything I have read by Euwe has been excellent.