BrooklynBrown wrote:
... Chess Openings by Reuben Fine ...
Which one?
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708112658/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review315.pdf
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Nov 6, 2018
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I know there are tons of chess books. However, I enjoy reading these same books time and time again.
Anyone know of a good book on recaptures? I have a weakness, when it is possible to recapture with more than one piece i usually end up choosing the wrong piece thus viving away my advantage.
Nov 6, 2018
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#6
IMBacon wrote:
Not my "favorites" but the books im currently working through:
Winning Chess Strategies.
Yasser Seirawan.
Chess Tactics from Scratch: Understanding Chess Tactics.
Martin Weteschnik
Fundamental Chess Endings.
Karsten Muller
Modern Chess: Move by Move.
Colin Crouch
Have you ever come across a chess book or a couple of chess books that made you think now this changes everything? I feel this way when I read my 6 favorite books for the first time. When I re-read My System, I still get that old feeling.
Nov 6, 2018
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#7
Chessopera wrote:
Some chess magazines are also very informative and instructive.
I use to collect Chess Life magazines. Which magazines do you prefer?
Nov 6, 2018
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#9
Chessopera wrote:
Logical Chess Move by Move is the best book ever written on chess.
...uhm no it is not...
Nov 10, 2018
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#10
In no particular order:
1. Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess, by Samuel Reshevsky
2. Zurich 1953, by David Bronstein
3. Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide, by Mauricio Flores Rios
4. Pawn Power in Chess, by Hans Kmoch
5. Tal-Botvinnik 1960, by Mikhail Tal
Nov 10, 2018
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#11
Still to this day, while I have around 400 books and most were helpful, the best ones, in no order, are the following:
- Soltis - The Inner Game of Chess
- Mayer - Bishop V Knight: The Verdict
- Popov - Chess Lessons
- Johnsen(spelling?) - Winning With The Stonewall Dutch
- Sadler - Queens Gambit Declined
- Sokolov - Winning Chess Middlegames
- Korchnoi - My Best Games of Chess: Volume 1 - Games With White
- Korchnoi - My Best Games of Chess: Volume 2 - Games With Black
Love the Korchnoi books, also quite like the Mayer one. Didn't expect to see the Kislik book here, but very good one also
ThrillerFan wrote:
… Johnsen(spelling?) - Winning With The Stonewall Dutch ...
Win with the Stonewall Dutch by Sverre Johnsen & Ivar Bern
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627043404/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen125.pdf
Nov 19, 2018
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#14
@forgittenAmericans I have "Perfect your chess" and I find it so frustratingly hard. Especially the first chapter :( . Nonetheless, I like the organization and the fact that you don't know what tactical theme you're looking for. Chapter 3 is my fave ( because its somehow easier?) .
Chessopera wrote:
Logical Chess Move by Move is the best book ever written on chess.
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(in folklore) an ugly cave-dwelling creature depicted as either a giant or a dwarf.. My System by Aron Nimzowitsch
Eyechess wrote:
Chessopera wrote:
Logical Chess Move by Move is the best book ever written on chess.
...uhm no it is not...
Here we come to the question: Best book for what level. When I was a near-beginner and I read "Logical Chess Move by Move," it was like a revelation to me! The very idea that by mastering the logic and principles I could become a better player was intoxicating. Well, I'm not a near-beginner any more, and I've learned that logic and general principles can take you just so far. The book's shortcomings are much more apparent to me now. But I'm not sure I would have fallen in love with chess in the first place if I hadn't read it back then
1. My System by Aron Nimzowitsch
2. The Game of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch
3. Chess Fundamentals by Jose Capablanca
4. The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine
5. My Great Predecessors vol. 1 by Garry Kasparov
6. Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukoić