GOOD CHESS BOOKS FOR BEGINNERS AND BEYOND
Best books to improve as amateur player
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https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
Take the time to read through this blog it is really worth it! Helped me alot personally although I have just started reading these books but the blog has really helped me structure the order in which I want to read my books as per my level. .. he also has other very helpful blogs and be sure to read them as well
While IM Jeremy Silman's "How to Reassess Your Chess 4th edition may be written for players a little bit better than you, if you really study it, it could help you improve a lot
Sep 15, 2021
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Tips for young players by Matthey Sadler, Everyman Chess
I think this is quite a good book covering all phases of the game. A little bit of everything. It's never overwhelming. I also like the exercises he gives to increase your ability to spot all the necessary interactions on the board. I think this is a prerequisite before you even start practicing tactics.
You can borrow the book for free at the archives. Apart from that you can't go wrong with one of the books from RussBell's list.
I personal favorite of mine is Discovering Chess Openings by John Emms which goes into basic chess principles that are important regardless of the openings you play.
Sep 15, 2021
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I recommend IM Jeremy Silman's "The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions Into Chess Mastery"
I also recommend Amateur's Mind. It's aimed at roughly your rating. How to Reassess... is aimed at 1600-1800 players, so it makes sense to start with AM.
"Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" - Fischer
"Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" is not authored by RJF, and the content is elementary: Back rank mates consist the largest part of the book.
Sep 16, 2021
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As a beginner, I've found the series Winning Chess series very helpful, starting with https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1857443314/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
pfren wrote:
"Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" is not authored by RJF, and the content is elementary: Back rank mates consist the largest part of the book.
It's a very instructive first chess book for beginners. Not so much for IM's who know it all.
And it teaches more than back rank mates...
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess...a book review...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/bobby-fischer-teaches-chessa-book-review
RussBell wrote:
pfren wrote:
"Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" is not authored by RJF, and the content is elementary: Back rank mates consist the largest part of the book.
It's a very instructive first chess book for beginners. Not so much for IM's who know it all.
And it teaches more than back rank mates...
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess...a book review...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/bobby-fischer-teaches-chessa-book-review
Instructive my arse.
The FIDE Trainers Commisssion has made a list of 220 recommended books, all suggested by certified FIDE Instructors and Trainers, for players of all levels, and this junk naturally never made it to the list.
When some pupil asked FIDE Senior Trainer Stratos Grivas about this book at a chess lecture, he replied that it is just fine as toilet paper.
I have been a FM for some 40 years, IM for 24 years and certified FIDE Instructor/Trainer since ages, so compared to you I know it all and then some.
pfren wrote:
RussBell wrote:
pfren wrote:
"Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" is not authored by RJF, and the content is elementary: Back rank mates consist the largest part of the book.
It's a very instructive first chess book for beginners. Not so much for IM's who know it all.
And it teaches more than back rank mates...
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess...a book review...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/bobby-fischer-teaches-chessa-book-review
Instructive my arse.
The FIDE Trainers Commisssion has made a list of 220 recoimmended books, all suggested by certified FIDE Instructors and Trainers, for players of all levels, and this junk naturally never made it to the list.
I have been a FM for some 40 years, IM for 24 years and certified FIDE Instructor/Trainer since ages, so compared to you I know it all and then some.
If it didn't make a list of 220 books and it's supposedly Fischer stuff, somethings off about the book
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If it didn't make a list of 220 books and it's supposedly Fischer stuff, somethings off about the book
The book was not written by Fischer- the title is a marketing trick, and Bobby took the $$ and approved it without having written a single line of it (me guesses he wasn't good at backrank mates).
pfren wrote:
MyNameIsNotBuddy wrote:
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If it didn't make a list of 220 books and it's supposedly Fischer stuff, somethings off about the book
The book was not written by Fischer- the title is a marketing trick, and Bobby took the $$ and approved it without having written a single line of it (me guesses he wasn't good at backrank mates).
Yeah I got the part it wasn't written by Fischer, but he approved of it? Probably for the money.
Sep 16, 2021
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pfren wrote:
MyNameIsNotBuddy wrote:
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If it didn't make a list of 220 books and it's supposedly Fischer stuff, somethings off about the book
The book was not written by Fischer- the title is a marketing trick, and Bobby took the $$ and approved it without having written a single line of it (me guesses he wasn't good at backrank mates).
According to a quick google search the book was first published in 1966 which was way before his WCC match. If I remember correctly from a book about's Fischer's life money was always an issue in his life. He probably needed the money back then.
Personally, I can say there are better books out there for beginners. The only thing I enjoyed about the book were that in the translation to my language they added all the games from the WCC with annotations. That was an enjoyable read.
Personally, the instructional content was way too one-sided for me. There are better books out there about checkmating patterns.
Hello,
I've been playing chess for long time, but 80% of them was pure casual like even once per week/month. My highest rating was 1400, but I'm stuck in somewhere around 1100-1200. Now I would like to spend more time and take it more "seriously".
My problem is the fact that I was selective knowledge about the game, I know few openings, the very basics about early/mid/end game and so on. I'm trying to play often the puzzle rush, analyze games etc but I feel like it's not enough.
Could you please recommend any books for 1100 player?
I would greatly appreciate any answers.