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Mohan_Kumar_Chess wrote:

After reading many articles, I have found these are the books suggested as good often. But I don't knew for which category of players these books are intended for. So, if you have read them please suggest the category like beginner, intermediate, advanced, IM,GM level. Or like U1400, 1400-1800, 1800-2200, Above 2200. 

  1. 100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesus De la Villa excellent
  2. 700 Opening Traps by Bill Wall I'd pass
  3. 1000 Checkmate Combinations by Victor Henkin one of the best on the topic
  4. 1001 chess exercises for beginners useful for the target group
  5. 1001 Dedly Checkmates by John Nunn don't know this book
  6. 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations classic that I've used a bit
  7. 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games by Lazlo Polgar worth having
  8. A Practical Guide to Rook Endgames by Nikolay Minev Excellent text
  9. Amateur to IM by Jonathan Hawkins cannot say
  10. Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic read a few months ago and will again
  11. Artur Yusupov's Complete Chess Training Course John Donaldson tells me these are worthwhile
  12. Back to Basics - Strategy by Valeri Beim Can recommend Beim's book on Morphy, but do not know this one
  13. Basic Chess Endings by Reuben Fine dated, but set a standard
  14. Bent Larsen, The Best Games by Bent Larsen I hear good things
  15. Blindfold Chess by Eliot Hearst & John Knott Capablanca's don't know
  16. 100 Best Games of Chess by Golembek Capablanca's 100 best? Reading now.
  17. Carlsen's Assault on the Throne by Vassilios Kotronias & Sotiris Logothetis hard to say
  18. Chess College by Efstratios Grivas hard to say
  19. Chess Endings Essential Knowledge by Yuri Averbakh One of my top recommendations
  20. Chess for Zebras by Jonathan Rowson some rave about it
  21. Chess Gems - 1000 Combination You Must Know by Igor Sukhin hard to say
  22. Chess Is My Life - Autobiography and Games by Viktor Korchnoi excellent
  23. Chess Lessons - Solving Problems by hard to say
  24. Mark Dvoretsky Chess Lessons by Vladimir Popov hard to say
  25. Chess Strategy for Club Players by Herman Grooten hard to say
  26. Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios in my save for later


  27. To be continued. Appointment arrived.

 

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Mohan_Kumar_Chess wrote:

After reading many articles, I have found these are the books suggested as good often. But I don't knew for which category of players these books are intended for. So, if you have read them please suggest the category like beginner, intermediate, advanced, IM,GM level. Or like U1400, 1400-1800, 1800-2200, Above 2200. 

  1. 100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesus De la Villa
  2. 700 Opening Traps by Bill Wall
  3. 1000 Checkmate Combinations by Victor Henkin
  4. 1001 chess exercises for beginners
  5. 1001 Dedly Checkmates by John Nunn
  6. 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
  7. 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games by Lazlo Polgar
  8. A Practical Guide to Rook Endgames by Nikolay Minev
  9. Amateur to IM by Jonathan Hawkins
  10. Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic
  11. Artur Yusupov's Complete Chess Training Course
  12. Back to Basics - Strategy by Valeri Beim
  13. Basic Chess Endings by Reuben Fine
  14. Bent Larsen, The Best Games by Bent Larsen
  15. Blindfold Chess by Eliot Hearst & John Knott Capablanca's
  16. 100 Best Games of Chess by Golembek
  17. Carlsen's Assault on the Throne by Vassilios Kotronias & Sotiris Logothetis
  18. Chess College by Efstratios Grivas
  19. Chess Endings Essential Knowledge by Yuri Averbakh
  20. Chess for Zebras by Jonathan Rowson
  21. Chess Gems - 1000 Combination You Must Know by Igor Sukhin
  22. Chess Is My Life - Autobiography and Games by Viktor Korchnoi
  23. Chess Lessons - Solving Problems by
  24. Mark Dvoretsky Chess Lessons by Vladimir Popov
  25. Chess Strategy for Club Players by Herman Grooten
  26. Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide by Mauricio Flores Rios
  27. Chess Training Pocket Book by Lev Alburt read it twice
  28. Critical Moments In Chess by Paata Gaprindishvili probably good
  29. Deep Thinking - Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins by Garry Kasparov doubtful
  30. Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual by Mark Dvoretsky if you are willing to work
  31. Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual 4th Edition by Mark Dvoretsky I have and use the first two editions
  32. Dynamic Chess Strategy by Mihai Suba read in the 1990s; found inspiring

    Maybe I'll do more later

    For Example, 
    You can categorise like
    Beginner - 1, 6, 7, 14, ....
    Intermediate - 3, 4, 9, .... likewise.

    And you may suggest books too. I will update them in this list. Thank You.

 

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Mohan_Kumar_Chess wrote:

After reading many articles, I have found these are the books suggested as good often. But I don't knew for which category of players these books are intended for. So, if you have read them please suggest the category like beginner, intermediate, advanced, IM,GM level. Or like U1400, 1400-1800, 1800-2200, Above 2200. 

  1. 100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesus De la Villa
  2. 1000 Checkmate Combinations by Victor Henkin
  3. Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic
  4. Chess Endings Essential Knowledge by Yuri Averbakh
  5. Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual 4th Edition by Mark Dvoretsky
  6. Masters Of The Chessboard by Richard Reti
  7. Modern Ideas in Chess by Richard Reti
  8. My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
  9. My Best Games of Chess by Alexander Alekhine
  10. Paul Morphy A Modern Perspective by Valeri Beim
  11. The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein Volume 1 & 2 by John Donaldson and Nikolay Minev
  12. The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played Irving Chernev


 

These dozen make a good core for any chess library.

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Dvoretsky books are good for all levels.

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Your list is missing my four favorite books, so it is hard for me to take seriously happy.png

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Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

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Back to Basics - Strategy by Valeri Beim
Chess College by Efstratios Grivas
Fundamental Checkmates by Antonio Gude
These three books catch my eye.
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79, 80, and 129

Can anyone give any info on these books from experience of reading and applying them, or are you aware of any better resource along these lines?

Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch

Pawn Structure Chess by Andy Soltis

Winning Pawn Structures by Alexander Baburin

 

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I read Pawn Structure Chess in the 1990s. It will teach you general plans in groups of openings based on typical pawn structures. I should revisit it. I started Kmoch. You have to learn a new language.

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Was that literal, in terms of Hans being German? or was that figurative, in terms of it is like learning a new language?

And thank you for replying. 

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No. Kmoch has his own terminology. Whatever the language you read the book in, you need to learn the language he invents.

See https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/pawn-power-in-chess-by-hans-kmoch-glossary-of-terms

 

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Ziryab wrote:

No. Kmoch has his own terminology. Whatever the language you read the book in, you need to learn the language he invents.

Oh, so I might have to throw my definitions for ideas or terms out the window, in order to understand him? Is he at least consistent, or perhaps he used a translation service to put his book into print, in English, which led to a bunch of confusing contradictions? 

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The terminology does not stem from translation problems. Read @RussBell’s comments at the link. I’ve only dipped into Kmoch. He’s read the book.

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Ziryab wrote:

The terminology does not stem from translation problems. Read @RussBell’s comments at the link. I’ve only dipped into Kmoch. He’s read the book.

I have a book called positional chess handbook by Israel Gelfer, but it is a bit superficial. 

I read commentary Russ Bell and what he says makes a lot of sense to me. I think the book would be a great read. I find I continually form my own colloquialisms and turn nouns into verbs especially, to more efficiently turn an action into a description.