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… Chess Endings Essential Knowledge by Averbakh ...
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… 101 Endgame Tips by Giddins ...
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… Mastering Chess Strategy by Hellsten ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101726/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review762.pdf
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Mastering-Opening-Strategy-77p3847.htm
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The Dynamics of Chess Strategy by Vlastimil Jansa. Great book about how to think about openings and transition to the middlegame. Much more original and thought-provoking than the more famous, similarly titled, book by Suba. The translation to English is not the best, but it is not too distracting.
Reshevsky’s Best Games of Chess by Samuel Reshevsky. This was the first chess book I studied and it took me to a 1500 OTB rating. Unfortunately it’s no longer in print.
New ideas in Chess by Larry Evans is pretty good.
Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positions (Third Revised Edition) by Lev Alburt ....
Looking inside the book, at first glance it appears to be nothing more than just another tactics puzzle book. But it is much more than that. As the title implies, each "puzzle" is actually a mini-lesson, a position which illustrates an important conceptual idea. Unlike typical tactics puzzles which you solve then immediately forget, these ideas are more likely to stick with you (subconciously at least). Very instructive. This is a 2-volume series.
https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Training-Pocket-Book-Comprehensive/dp/1889323225/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528373209&sr=1-1&keywords=chess+training+pocket+book
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https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
StevieG65 wrote:
The Dynamics of Chess Strategy by Vlastimil Jansa. Great book about how to think about openings and transition to the middlegame. Much more original and thought-provoking than the more famous, similarly titled, book by Suba. The translation to English is not the best, but it is not too distracting.
Interesting! I'll look out for it. The general quality of Batsford has been rather low in recent decades, but they do produce the odd gem here and there.
'Botvinnik on the Endgame' is a very nice little booklet with a selection of endgames thoroughly analyzed by Mikhail Botvinnik. Another favourite of mine are those 'Candidate Matches 1965/1968/1971' - three genuine pocket format books published by The Chess Player with all the matches from the Candidates Matches in the three cycles 1965, 1968 and 1971, with analysis taken from Russian chess magazines. Often very instructive.
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"Winning in the Opening" by John Walker. An excellent little book that teaches proper opening fundamentals: development, control the centre, not moving the same piece twice, etc. Even better, it shows how to punish your opponent if he ignores these principles. That is, Walker shows a game where Black falls way behind in development, and then White crushes him. It's a brilliant format, and perhaps the best first opening book you can find. Best for those 1500 and under, though I still enjoy going through the miniature game section today.
'300 Games of Chess' by Tarrasch is a forgotten classic. Tarrasch's annotation are superb, and your middlegame can't help but improve after even just a few games. My classical playstyle is largely due from this work. The downside is that it is, well, 300 games, and I don't think I've gone through all 300 seriously. Also need to take opening recommendations with a grain of salt, but still a fantastic, fantastic book.
Good to hear such good things about Tarrasch's work.
I have his Das Schachspiel. Systematisches Lehrbuch für Anfänger und Geübte.
Looking forward to working through that. It's an acknowledged classic.
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Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positions (Third Revised Edition) by Lev Alburt ....
… This is a 2-volume series. ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233629/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/ctpb.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090545/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review653.pdf
"... The Shereshevsky Method is a work in three parts. Part I is a selection of texts related to The Soviet Chess Conveyor. ..."
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/the-shereshevsky-method/
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9056.pdf
JamesColeman wrote:
Hopefully anyone considering buying a John Walker book on the back of various above good comments will be aware of his criminal history and his crimes against children for which he served a lengthy prison sentence.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/apr/06/childprotection.schools
What do you think are the underrated books that are not on the level of popularity of the books like My System, Logical Chess Move by Move, Seirawan Books, Dvoretsky Books etc?
Here are some of the list for me
Know The Game Chess
- This book is small, but is an excellent first chess book for a beginner. This book has perfect balance of not being too shallow and too much content that might overwhelm a beginner.
Attacking The King by Walker
- Enjoyable book about attacking the king. Ideal first chess book for a novice that is looking for a book about attacking the king.
Chess Endings Essential Knowledge by Averbakh
- This is a classic endgame book. It is a small book.
64 Things You Need to Know in Chess
101 Endgame Tips by Giddins
- This book by Giddins is one of the best strategic endgame book. Ideal first endgame strategic book for a club level. Theoretical endgames are different with strategic endgames.
Mastering Chess Strategy by Hellsten
This book has great content. Hellsten pertains to pattern recognition.