Can anyone recommend a chess book to me?

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pdve

Please recommend chess books.

pdve

I know but I am looking for fresh ideas. Maybe books that have just come out for instance.

ESP-918

You are not a begginer anymore , so you should know your weakness yourself and get books according to it.

pdve

thanks ESP-918 .. I think I will get one of Tal's books.

pdve

it would be particularly suited for blitz play

ESP-918

1. My great predecessors - Kasparov series 

2.  Mikhail Shereshevsky 

Endgame Strategy 

Mastering the endgame volume 1 and 2. 

Don't get anything else, that's all you need trust me on this.

bong711

It's not new... But different.

 

pdve

Cool. I have Kasparov's book vol. 4. Kasparov on fischer.

pdve
bong711 wrote:

It's not new... But different.

 

thanks @bong711, i'll look into this book.

Jenium

"Under the Surface" by Jan Markos has excellent reviews, but I haven't read it yet.

abcx123

I have a book about pal benko 

Looks complicated ...

cuires

There are chess books , but are they old now  ? From the ´80s  and  ´90s   ?   

kindaspongey
ESP-918 wrote:

1. My great predecessors - Kasparov series ...

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708110300/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review385.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104513/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review413.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708112445/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review459.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090915/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review523.pdf

kindaspongey
ESP-918 wrote:

… 2.  Mikhail Shereshevsky 

Endgame Strategy ...

"... one will not learn the basics from [Shereshevsky's 'Endgame Strategy'] at all; ... I like this book a lot, but it has more to do with transitions from the middlegame than with endings themselves." - IM John Watson (2000)
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/endings-endings-endings
"... The second part of [The Shereshevsky Method] is a concentrated version of Endgame Strategy, ..."
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9056.pdf

kindaspongey
bong711 wrote:

… Creative Chess Strategy ...

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093346/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review433.pdf

kindaspongey
Jenium wrote:

"Under the Surface" by Jan Markos has excellent reviews, but I haven't read it yet.

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7803.pdf

MikeZeggelaar

Go through Silman's Endgame Course, you can never be good enough at endgames

kindaspongey
abcx123 wrote:

I have a book about pal benko 

Looks complicated ...

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233359/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review420.pdf

https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/pal-benko/

kindaspongey
MikeZeggelaar wrote:

Go through Silman's Endgame Course, you can never be good enough at endgames

"... Silman ... defines what he thinks is necessary to know at specific rating levels. For example, the beginner or unrated player needs to know ... Silman's idea is to wait until you climb in strength before you worry about more advanced material. Then, as a Class 'E' player (that's 1000-1199), one must learn ... Silman's book emphasizes to the student that the important thing is to master the strictly limited material at hand, rather than get confused by endings that won't help your results at that level. ... I'll also repeat the point that David Ellinger in ChessCafe makes: '[This ...] demonstrates who this book will truly serve best: anybody who coaches chess. For me, as a perpetually near-2000 player who does part-time coaching, I’ve got in my hands a great resource that will have something for every student, no matter the rating.' ..." - IM John Watson (2007)
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/theres-an-end-to-it-all

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103149/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review594.pdf

https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/silmans-complete-endgame-course/

Titled_Patzer

Irving Chernev is universally recognized as one of the best chess authors.

My fav is - 

The Chess Companion