What Else for My Chess Library?

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I currently own these books, what other books would be good or compliment?

 

The Amateur's Mind by Silman

How to Reassess Your Chess by Silman

Weapons of Chess by Pandolfini

How Not to Play Chess by Znosko-Borovsky

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

Winning Chess by Chernev

Logical Chess Moves by Chernev

 

I'm thinking opening and end game, but critique and thoughts welcome!  Thank you.

 

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Paul van der Sterren's Fundamental Chess Openings seems to have supplanted MCO as the gold standard for one volume opening books.  Good explanations of how each opening has developed over the years and typical plans. Van der Sterren will take a paragraph to explain a single move so he doesn't always go deeper than 8 to 10 moves, but you'll know where the middlegame is heading and why.  And of course, Coach Heisman's book list which is useful despite recommending MCO. Laughing

http://www.danheisman.com/recommended-books.html

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"... [FCO] is not particularly suited for players who are just starting out. I would imagine players rated at least 1400-1500 would get the most benefit from this volume. ..." - FM Carsten Hansen (2009)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140626173432/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen128.pdf

I think it is possible to see a sample from FCO at the Gambit Publications site. I often bring up Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014).

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

I believe that it is possible to see a fair portion of the beginning of Tamburro's book by going to the Mongoose Press site. Perhaps BKL1976 would also want to look at Discovering Chess Openings by GM Johm Emms (2006)

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

and Silman's Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman (2007).

http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/theres-an-end-to-it-all

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Maybe seeing masters at work would be interesting. Masters noting their own games are usually worth it. Fischer's My 60 memorable games is a classic.

Chernev's Capablanca's best endgames is a nice collection of Capa games and good examples of endgame play. Plus both books are relatively inexpensive.