Eye Opener and Play style changer books

Hi folks, 

I'm Rapid 1750 rated.

Currently  reading "1001 Deadly checkmates " by John Nunn.

It's absolutely changed my way of playing.  Suddenly i become an attacking player trying to force mating patterns at all cost. 

Please suggest me the books which had great impact on your playing style or something which made your eyes open. 

Disclaimer: My eye opener book is Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess and

Playing style changer is 1001 Deadly checkmates by Nunn. 

Please list yours.  Also suggest me your favourite mate training books.

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

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

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

Russbell I have gone through ur list. I have lot of them from ur list. But my question is about game changer books . thnx

@PeerOli -

No problem. Since I was not aware that you had seen my list, I thought that it might give you some ideas.

Coincidently...

Game Changer: AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI by Matthew Sadler & Natasha Regan.

"The Art of Attack in Chess" by Vladimir Vuković: This classic book delves into the intricacies of attacking chess, helping you develop a more aggressive playing style. It's a great complement to your newfound interest in attacking patterns.

My eye opening book was “Reshevsky’s Best Games of Chess”. Style changing books: “Pawn Structure Chess” and “The Inner Game of Chess”, both by Soltis.

I agree with @ChessMasteryOfficial about “The Art of Attack in Chess”.

Renaud and Kahn's The Art of Checkmate is a good precursor to the Vukovic book. It's different checkmate patterns eg Legal's mate, etc. Think Batsford still have it in print.

Before studying the pawn structure books, my style was cautious and defensive. I became quite good at counterattacking when an opponent overextended and at taking advantage of major mistakes. But I never consciously developed a plan of my own.

The pawn structure books started me on the road to understanding how to look at a position, evaluate it, and formulate a plan. As a result, my style is much more active now.

Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis is good.

Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios is outstanding. I highly recommend it.

Hi!

My eye opener book was Kotov´s "Think like a GrandMaster" while my Play Style changer was Studenetzky&Wexler ´s "Karpov, a Genius of our Time".

I read other books but these two had great impact on my play.

Good luck!

Hi Russ. Good evaluations of the two books. Soltis got the ball rolling with books about pawn structure, and we owe him for that. But his book, though it contains a great deal of good information, is not as sharply written as it could be. That's where Flores comes in: great organization and clearly stated and illustrated plans for both sides in each pawn structure.

Anyone considering a book on pawn structures should get "Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide". Don't be put off by the title: it's not just for GMs. It's written at a level that can greatly benefit the club player.

Well put. I totally agree!

By the way....

I do not have "The Inner Game of Chess" by Soltis. I checked out an excerpt of it online and have ordered a copy (2014 edition) based on your comment (adding it to my already massive chess book collection and hopefully benefiting by spending some time with it!).

As far as game changing books, I suppose my first one was "Weapons of Chess" by Bruce Pandolfini, which was very instructive and taught me the basics of positional chess. Pandolfini is an exemplar of instructive chess teaching for the amateur player audience (especially so for lower-rated players). Following that was my next game changing book, "The Giants of Chess Strategy" by Neil McDonald, one of the best chess book authors (IMO), specializing in books for the improving chess amateur - he does an excellent job of taking care in clearly, thoroughly explaining the why's and wherfore's of moves and plans. His exceptionally instructive book elucidates the concepts and techniques of strategic/positional chess in practice via the model play of Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch.

Great . Lets summarise the above mentioned books .

For Positional Eye opener following books are recommended

• Pawn Structure Chess 
• Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores
• The Giants of Chess Strategy
• Weapons of Chess
• The Inner Game of Chess
• Think like a GrandMaster
• Karpov, a Genius of our Time
• Reshevsky’s Best Games of Chess

For Attacking Eye opener following books are recommended

• The Art of Checkmate
• The Art of Attack in Chess.

Forum please help we need more attacking eye openers

These are the best, IMO.....(i.e., eye openers!)....

For Attacking concepts...

The Art of Attack In Chess by Vladimir Vukovic

Attacking Manual Vols. 1 & 2 by Jacob Aagaard

I recommend to add this for Positional/Strategic chess...

Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios

Russ, you've gotten me interested in that book. Neil McDonald is, as you say, one of the best chess authors, and the on line excerpt convinces me that the book is excellent. I've sworn not to buy any more chess books, but I figured out how to get it without buying it. It's now on my Amazon wish list, which means that there's a 99% chance my wife will buy it for me for Christmas.

Mike. I believe you would like the book. However it might be that you won't have to concern yourself with making that decision at Christmas time, as by then you may have either forgotten about the book, or gotten over the urge to buy it. (I'm just pulling your leg here!)

As for me, I've long since given up worrying about purchasing chess books.....I just try to pace myself.....no more than 10 chess books per year from now on (my New Years resolution!)...