That was my first chess book too!
My First Chess Book
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Jan 6, 2018
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#3
Mine? My Dad had two when he taught me chess:
Pál FARAGÓ (Olympic champion Puzzle Composer -- resident of my city, buried among famous people in the largest cemetery): New Ideas in Artistic Chess. (or New Ideas in Chess Composition).
Egon VARNUSZ: The Spanish Game. (This was the first opening I tried to learn, although never really managed.)
"I think my first chess book was Chess Openings Theory and Practice. ..." - RMChess1954
FishEyedFools wrote:
That was my first chess book too!
If I remember correctly, it was commonly found in book stores for about two decades. I think it eventually lost its place because of the algebraic Batsford Chess Openings.
Jan 6, 2018
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kindaspongey wrote:
"I think my first chess book was Chess Openings Theory and Practice. ..." - RMChess1954
FishEyedFools wrote:
That was my first chess book too!
If I remember correctly, it was commonly found in book stores for about two decades. I think it eventually lost its place because of the algebraic Batsford Chess Openings.
That pretty much sums it up. Before the interwebz, i would have my aunt and uncle drive me over to the local mall, and i would browse the book store (B. Daltons) i believe it was.
Not sure which of these came first...but they were certainly my first two....
"The Complete Chess Player" by Fred Reinfeld....
"The World's Great Chess Games" edited by Reuben Fine...
along with their games, concise bios of the great players of the past...
https://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Greatest-Chess-Games/dp/B001P6ESW4/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1515284871&sr=1-6&keywords=greatest+chess+games
Jan 6, 2018
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#7
My first 3 books. Looking back, its laughable at how poorly i knew how study chess.
doggone2 wrote:
My first book was Fine's Basic Chess Endings, the second was Chess Openings: Theory and Practice. Both are hardcover books with the dust jackets. I still have both. I purchased these some time in the early to mid 1960s.
Reuben Fine's "Basic Chess Endings" is still a good book....revised 2003 edition in algebraic notation...
https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Chess-Endings-Reuben-2003-11-11/dp/B01FGLDMSE/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1515362714&sr=1-2&keywords=basic+chess+endings
Jan 15, 2018
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#9
I personally got "How to Beat Your Dad at Chess” for my first (and only so far) chess book so far. It's pretty good really imho.
Jan 15, 2018
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#10
"How to Be a Winner at Chess' by Reinfeld was my first book. And now I am world champion 
Jan 16, 2018
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#11
My first book, other than library books, was Chess In a Nutshell by Reinfeld. I read through it probably 4 times and ended up giving it to someone else who was looking for their first book. I thought it was a nice introduction and was a great push towards other chess books.
Jan 16, 2018
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verylate írta:
I think it was a great idea to buy Lasker. I have a Russian language book about his life and carrier: Myslitel (The Thinker). The main chess part is a selection of his best 100 games, 77 or 78 with commentary/analysis.
szaszzo66 wrote:
verylate írta:
... Edward Lasker, Chess Strategy ..."
I think it was a great idea to buy Lasker. I have a Russian language book about his life and carrier: Myslitel (The Thinker). The main chess part is a selection of his best 100 games, 77 or 78 with commentary/analysis.
I am guessing that szaszzo66 is referring to Emanuel, instead of Edward.
Jan 16, 2018
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#14
Oh, sorry. I wasn't totally attentive when reading the post. (It is way past midnight here... ) Anyway, You might want to know that the two were distant relatives and after playing one another in a tournament, they found this out and kept in touch until the death of the distant uncle. Very nice story. 
My understanding is that Edward Lasker claimed that they were related after the death of Emanuel.
Jan 16, 2018
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#16
Not a very frequent Germanic name. I have not heard of other (famous) Laskers apart from the two.
Jan 16, 2018
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#17
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/the-good-name-of-lasker-berthold-emmanuel-and-edward
Edward Lasker was a distant relation to Berthold and Emmanuel.
FishEyedFools wrote:
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/the-good-name-of-lasker-berthold-emmanuel-and-edward
Edward Lasker was a distant relation to Berthold and Emmanuel.
What, other than the word of Edward Lasker, do we have for that?
@verylate...I believe "Chess Strategy" by Edward Lasker is available free at GooglePlay books.
I think my first chess book was Chess Openings Theory and Practice. Even then it was scoffed at as not being completely accurate. I was young and didn't have much money. I bought it (paperback) from the used rack. The real value for a beginning player was the description of what the opening was about. I took it to read between rounds at my first tournament. Someone walking by made fun of it. I was crushed. I think studying it even now would take you a long way in the study of openings. Anyway just for the nostalgia I bought this hard cover for a few dollars on Ebay. I started with descriptive notation so I can switch back and forth with no effort.