My rating in standard game (15/10) is 950+, I cant break 1,000 consistantly. What book would be good for me?

Chess for dummies

PLAY WINNING CHESS by yasser seirawan and also his book on tactics with them 2 books read but take your time dont rush you will learn.

Chernev's "Logical chess move by move" is a pretty good start. 

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Chernev is the book that helped me the most when I was starting out in tournament chess. You can absorb a lot playing through all the games.

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess.

No, I'm serious. I read the whole book cover to cover and found it very helpful. There are hundreds of exercises, and Wolff's prose is very readable.

Also, and I can't recommend it strongly enough: Chess Tactics for Students, by John Bain.

I suggest you get these two books.

Idiot's Guide To Chess by Wolf and Chess Tactics for Champion by Polgar.

back to the topic

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Thanks guys! Looks like I'll be picking up a few copys of Hello magizine. 

+1 for idiots guide!

books are not as useful as playing play, lose, know why you lose then play again.

Buy or borrow Chess Fundamentals by Jose Raul Capablanca. This classic book is best for you. P.S. buy algebraic edition not old descriptive notation.

Gr4b_YoGatz_FOO wrote:

My rating in standard game (15/10) is 950+, I cant break 1,000 consistantly. What book would be good for me?

I, in the other hand, don't see a problem on being shorter than my wife.

Possibly helpful:

Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf

Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/

Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1949)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf

Discovering Chess Openings by GM Johm Emms (2006)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf

Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)

http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html

Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/

A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf

So I ordered "Play winning chess" by Yasser Seirawan, itll be here tomorrow.

Thanks for the suggestions guys!