Looking for some good chess books...

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Chessdude007

Just finished reading the mammoth book of chess by Graham Burgesss.  Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

AndyClifton

Nothing by Eric Schiller

cabadenwurt

Oh Oh, it's the old Eric Schiller Zugzwang ! Laughing

inmaniac

Silman's "Reassess your chess"

jambyvedar

Chess Secrets The Giants of Strategy by Neil Mc Donald..

baddogno

Check out Coach Heisman's recommendations at DanHeisman.com.  He's been recognized as the top chess coach in America numerous times.  His opinion is bound to be worth something.

Immryr

go read the book reviews on jeremy silmans site and / or john watsons reviews on the week in chess.

VLaurenT

Mammoth book of chess greatest games Smile

batgirl

"The Defense" by Nabokov

Vladmir and Vera Nabokov
NimzoRoy

What are you looking for? Entertainment or Instruction?

For instruction I suggest "My System" by Aron Nimzovitch.

For entertainment I suggest "Karl Marx Plays Chess" by GM Soltis

You should be able to find either one at amazon and/or eBay

konhidras

"My chess career" by capablanca

Immryr

you can never go wrong with a good book of well annotated master games. alekhine's best games collection and the life and games of mikhail tal are two of the best you can get your hands on.

bevanbraves

this, Irving Chernev: Logical chess, move by move.

http://www.amazon.com/Logical-Chess-Explained-Algebraic-Edition/dp/0713484640

NimzoRoy

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played, also by Irving Chernev

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0486273024/ref=sr_1_3_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1350411755&sr=8-3&keywords=irving+chernev&condition=used

SirFelisCatus

free download for my system-nimzovich

fburton
SirFelisCatus wrote:

No need - it's still in print. In fact, there's a very well-produced algebraic edition available, published by Quality Chess:

http://www.amazon.com/System-Chess-Classics-Aron-Nimzowitsch/dp/9197600539

and even cheaper in hardback:

http://www.amazon.com/System-Chess-Classics-Aron-Nimzowitsch/dp/1907982140

NimzoRoy
SirFelisCatus wrote:

The "free download" is a scam I've been to that site previously and it sucks ass bigtime.

SirFelisCatus
NimzoRoy wrote:
SirFelisCatus wrote:

The "free download" is a scam I've been to that site previously and it sucks ass bigtime.

i tested the link and downloaded the book.  click regular download - wait 60 seconds and download. no scam

NimzoRoy

At the very least it's copyright violation, at least in the US

Chessresearcher

I would recommend to study first of all that books which have been studied by the strongest chess players of all generations. As example, "My System" is an essential base of positional chess understanding. It is also very useful to study A. Alekhine games with his and A. Kotov comments ("300 best games", "Chess Inheritance of A. Alekhine", tournaments in New York, 1924, 1927). Games of H. Capablanca are very instructive regarding positional methods. Study classics and you will definitely increase your chess level.