Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond - Chess Forums

RussBell

Sep 9, 2018

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Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond....

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

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

Share your recommendations...

dannyhume

Sep 10, 2018

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#2

Some of mine:
-Weapons of Chess by Pandolfini
-Complete Book of Chess Strategy by Silman
-Guide to Good Chess by Purdy
-Comprehensive Chess Course volumes I and II by Alburt / Krogius
-Chess Steps method workbooks levels 1-3
-Chess Tutor discs levels 1-3 (not books)
-Every lesson on this site rated 1400 or lower (not books)
-Championship Guide to Chess by S. Polgar
-Chess Tactics for Champions by S. Polgar
-Predator at the Chessboard volumes I and II by Farnsworth

dannyhume

Sep 10, 2018

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#3

I forgot a few...
-Russian Chess by Pandolfini
-A First Book of Morphy by del Rosario
-Logical Chess Move by Move by Chernev
-Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking by McDonald
-Silman’s Endgame Course, the first few chapters (class D and below).
-Idiot’s Guide to Chess by Wolffe
-Discovering Chess Openings by Emms
-Basic Chess Openings for Kids by Hertan

mentorababio

Sep 11, 2018

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I have seen the books you all recommended.. but can you guys send links to good books that can be downloaded for free. I am a student and can't afford most of them

jambyvedar

Sep 11, 2018

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#5

Tactics Books:

Complete Beginner:

World’s Champion Guide to Chess by Polgar

Chess Tactics for Student by Bain

Chess Tactics for Kids by Murray

Winning Chess Tactics by Seirawan

Intermediate:

1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners by by Masetti

Chess Tactics for Champion by Polgar

Winning Chess Excercises for Kids by Coakley

Chess Tactics Workbook by Woolum

Practical Chess Exercises by Cheng

Club Level:

Tactics Time by Brennan

Ultimate Chess Puzzle book by Emms

Advance:

Giant Chess Puzzle book by Franco

Beat the Grandmaster by Kongsten

Perfect Your Chess by Volokitin

Rsava

Sep 11, 2018

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mentorababio wrote:

I have seen the books you all recommended.. but can you guys send links to good books that can be downloaded for free. I am a student and can't afford most of them

No, that is illegal. Chess authors have to eat also, and no they are not rich. Save your money and buy one at a time.

IpswichMatt

Sep 11, 2018

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#7

There's a couple here that you can read legally since they're out of copyright:

http://www.openchessbooks.org

brother7

Sep 11, 2018

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#8

mentorababio wrote:

I have seen the books you all recommended.. but can you guys send links to good books that can be downloaded for free. I am a student and can't afford most of them

Check out Internet Archive.

dannyhume

Sep 11, 2018

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#9

Predator at Chessboard (tactics) is free online by the author, so doesn’t infringe copyright to use it. A google search will get you the link.