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Pls suggest best books for

1) End game

2) Middle game

3) Chess Strategy

4) Annotated games book

If there are online resources other than books, Pls suggest them too

TalSpin
A good online reference is the Exeter Chess Club's web page. Lots of knowledge there
kindaspongey
vlcosmin wrote:

... Muller - fundamental chess endings ...

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

http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Fundamental_Chess_Endings.pdf

vlcosmin wrote:

... Aagaard - positional play ...

http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Positional-Play-77p3729.htm

http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/PositionalPlay-excerpt.pdf

vlcosmin wrote:

... Aagaard ... school of combinations ...

 http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/CALCULATION-excerpt.pdf

vlcosmin wrote:

... Nimzovici - my system ...

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105648/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review600.pdf

http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/MySystem-excerpt.pdf

vlcosmin wrote:

... Aagaard - strategic play ...

http://reviews.dailychess.org/grandmaster-preperation-strategic-play-by-jacob-aagard-quality-chess-2013/

http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/StrategicPlay-excerpt.pdf

kindaspongey

"Just because a book contains lots of information that you don’t know, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be extremely helpful in making you better at this point in your chess development." - Dan Heisman (2001)

Possibly helpful for someone with a level of chess development near the beginning:

Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf

Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/

Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1949)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf

Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)

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

Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)

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

Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/

A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf

Jimmy720

Depends on your rating

jambyvedar
vishy1181 wrote:

Pls suggest best books for

1) End game

2) Middle game

3) Chess Strategy

4) Annotated games book

If there are online resources other than books, Pls suggest them too

Books appropriate for your level.

1. Silman's Complete Endgame Course

2. Understanding Chess Middlegame by Nunn

3. Winning Chess Strategy by Seirawan

4. Logical Chess Move by Move by Chernev

kindaspongey

jambyvedar wrote:

"... Understanding Chess Middlegame by Nunn ..."

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627012322/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen154.pdf

http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Understanding_Chess_Middlegames.pdf