Book for beginners

Hi, everyone!

Just resently got really interested in learning how to play chess properly. Any certain chess books that you recommend?

I'd be very pleased if you took time to answer my question.

This should keep you busy reading for awhile:

http://www.chess.com/forum/search?keyword=books+for+beginners

For beginners, I think the best learning material is Josh Waitzkin's excellent lectures in Chessmaster 11. He is the one who injected the love of the game to me.

I agree, Chessmaster's course was the first think I went through when I started to play chess and it was pretty good. Irving Chernev's "Logical chess move by move" was my first book and I would recommend that too after you learn some basics and basic tactics. Capablanca's "Chess fundamentals" is also pretty good I think.

ajmeroski, what a coincidence! After completing the Waitzkin series and falling in love with the game, Chernev's book was the first chess book I read!

I guess it must be a common recommendation then :P

Irving Chernev's "Logical chess move by move" is swell.  

Thanks guys! :)

Thanks for a good book suggestion.  I need to learn some logic.  I continue to get wiped out by the unorthodox. The totally oddball moves that when I go analyze my play are a part of no known opening.  When games go by a logical opening, even for a few moves, I can play a really good game. But the last twenty games I have played here are simply free-for-alls of odd moves.