DeirdreSkye wrote:
... Bronstein's or Najdorf's "Zurich 1953" ...
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/review-zurich-1953-bronstein
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-106-zurich-1953-by-najdorf
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wayne_thomas wrote:
Aron Nimzowitsch. My System ...
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-108-of-eplus-books-part-2-nimzowitsch-classics
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105648/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review600.pdf
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/MySystem-excerpt.pdf
BobbyTalparov wrote:
... "Move First, Think Later" ...
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-103-challenging-conventional-wisdom
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708084425/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review866.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Move-First-Think-Later-77p3741.htm
BobbyTalparov wrote:
... "100 Endgames Every Player Must Know" ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105702/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review645.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9026.pdf
BobbyTalparov wrote:
... "Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual" ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233815/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review399.pdf
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/the-end-game-comes-before-we-know-it
wayne_thomas wrote:
... Mikhail Shereshevsky. Endgame Strategy ...
http://www.chess.com/article/view/quotendgame-strategyquot-by-mikhail-shereshevsky
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/endings-endings-endings
SJFG wrote:
... Chernev's Locical Chess: Move by Move ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132019/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman118.pdf
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/logical-chernev
http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2013/01/logical-chess-book-review.html
http://chessskill.blogspot.com/2013/02/chernevs-errors.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/assorted-recent-books
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708091057/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review465.pdf
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wayne_thomas wrote:
... John Nunn. Understanding Chess Move by Move ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092945/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review269.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Understanding_Chess_Move_by_Move.pdf
wayne_thomas wrote:
... Paul Keres and Alexander Kotov. The Art of the Middle Game ...
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Art-of-the-Middlegame-The-77p3554.htm
wayne_thomas wrote:
... John Nunn. Secrets of Practical Chess ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708110907/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review580.pdf
BobbyTalparov wrote:
... "My 60 Memorable Games" ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708234047/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review684.pdf
DeirdreSkye wrote:
... "The art of attack in chess" by Vladimir Vukovic ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708234424/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/aac.pdf
Daybreak57 wrote:
... A guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
BobbyTalparov wrote:
... Sierawan's "Play Winning Chess", "Winning Chess Tactics", and "Winning Chess Strategies" ...
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
kindaspongey, I'm afraid that aeracer's stupid ranting is more useful to the O.P. than your endless sales lists.
pfren wrote:
kindaspongey, I'm afraid that aeracer's stupid ranting is more useful to the O.P. than your endless sales lists.
And how useful is this comment?
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kindaspongey wrote:
wayne_thomas wrote:
Aron Nimzowitsch. My System ...
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-108-of-eplus-books-part-2-nimzowitsch-classics
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105648/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review600.pdf
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/MySystem-excerpt.pdf
I want to clarify for chessgm003 that there are several translations of My System. Your second link is to Eugene Manchester's review for ChessCafe. Mr. Manchester implies the new translation, which Quality Chess feels is the soul of their new edition, is first rate, but John Watson, the premiere reviewer for This Week in Chess, sees it quite differently. It is worth reading IM Watson's thorough, detailed criticism of the Quality Chess edition by clicking here. Having purchased this edition before reading this review and subsequently trying to read it -- I emphasize "trying" -- I would agree with Mr. Watson's assessment.
Coincidentally, your first link is to IM Watson's positive review of Robert Sherwood's translation. At the time of this review in 2013, Mr. Sherwood's version was available in electronic form only. Thankfully for chess book collectors like myself, in late 2016 New in Chess published Mr. Sherwood's translation along with his equally fine translation of Nimzowitsch's Chess Praxis and also Nimzo's lesser known Blockade, all in one volume no less. Click here to view a copy and "Look inside."
Though Quality Chess, like its name, has published many quality chess books, My System is not one of them. With the New in Chess version you not only get two books for less than the price of one, you get a far superior translation as well. How can you go wrong.
... Pawn Structure Chess ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101523/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review908.pdf