List your Chess books!

So, I would like to post my books here, they are ~5

1. 100 endgames you must know

2.Winning chess tactics (but in my language, it is translated, so I don't know if it is exacly the same as the "official one")

3.Endgame strategy

4.The giants of chess strategy

5.Build up your chess 1, the fundamentals

And some other books in Greek, as well as some that I have borrowed from my friends.

So, you guys you have a lot of books, can you suggest my a nice book on tactics in this thread ?

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/nice-tactics-books

I have 525 different chess books:

http://www.edcollins.com/chess/chess-books.htm

The Games of Wilhelm Steinitz First World Champion by Sid Picard

Sixth American Chess Congress by Wilhelm Steinitz

Hastings 1895 by Horace F Chesshire

Analyse de Jeux Echecs by Francois Philidor

The Chess Players Handbook by Howard Staunton

London International Chess Tournament 1883 by William Steinitz

William Steinitz Champion by Kurt Landsberger

Handbuch Des Schachspiels 1880 by P.R von Bilguer

My System by Aaron Nimzovitch

Chess Praxis by Aaron Nimzovitch

Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 by David Bronstien

De la Bourdonnais vs MacDonnell 1834 by Cary Utterberg

The Chess Games of Adolph Anderssen by Sid Picard

Alexander Alekhine's Best Games 1908-1937 by Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhines Chess Games 1902-1946 by Leonard M Skinner

The Immortal Games of Capablanca by Fred Reinfeld

Pawn Sacrifice by Tim Taylor

Laskers Manual of Chess by Emmanuel Lasker

Chess Endgames by Laszlo Polgar

100 Soviet Chess Minatures by P.H. Clarke

Play like a Girl by Jennifer Shahade

Newyork 1927 by Alexander Alekhine

Pillsbury's Chess Career by Sergeant (Dover Edition with forward by Chernev)

Diary of a Chess Queen by Alexander Kostienuk

The Art of the Endgame by Jan Timman

Tal Botvinnik 1960 by Mikhail Tal

My 50 years of Chess by Frank James Marshall

500 Master Games of Chess by Tartakower

Kraminak my Life and Games by Vladmir Kraminak

Chess Highlights of the 20th Century The Best Chess 1900-1999 in historical context by Graham Burgress

Logical Chess move by Move by Irving Chernev

The Art of Chess by James Mason

The Principles of Chess by James Mason

Paul Morphy and the Golden Age of Chess by William Napier

Chess Tactics for Advanced Players by Yuri Averbakh

Botvinnik's 100 Selected Games by Mikhail Botvinnik

Botvinnik's Best Games 1947-1970 by Mikhail Botvinnik

Taimanov's selected by Mark Taimanov

Soviet Chess Strategy by Alexy Suetin

Chess Fundamentals Jose Capablanca

I Play Against Pieces by  Svetozar Gligoric

Selected Master Pieces by Svetozar Gligoric

Fischer Spassky 1972 by Svetozar Gligoric

300 Chess Games by Siegbert Tarrasch

The Basis of Combination in Chess by J.Dumont (First Edition 1938)

The Game of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch (Dover Edition)

How to Play Chess Endings by Zonsko Borovosky

The Middle Game in Chess by Zonosko Borovosky

The Art of Chess Combination by Zonosko Borovosky

Comprehensive Chess Endings Volumes 1-5 by Yuri Averbakh

Practical Rook Endings by Edmar Mednis

The Art of Checkmate by Renaud and Khan

Vishy Annand My Best Games of Chess by Vishy Anand (older edition)

Secrets of The Russian Chess Masters Volumes 1-2 by Lev Alburt

Silman's Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman

Fighting Chess with Hikaru Nakamura by Karsten Muller

How I beat Fischers Record by Judit Polgar

Lasker's Greatest Chess Games 1889-1914 by Reuben Fine and Reinfeld

Basic Chess Endings by Reuben Fine and Pal Benko (revised edition 2003)

Checkmate for Children Mastering the Most Important Skill in Chess by Kevin Stark

Nunn's Chess Endings Volumes 1-2 by John Nunn

Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory by Malcom Shibut

Half Hours with Morphy by Paul Morphy

Morphy's Games of Chess by Phillip Sergeant

Paul Morphy by Geza Marcozy

Carl Schlechter's Games by Tom Cram

Carl Schlechter!: Life & Times of the Austrian Chess Wizard by Warren Goldman

The Art of Positional Play by Samuel Reshevesky

Napier the Forgotten Master By John S Hilbert

Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chenev

Winning Chess How to See Three Moves Ahead by Irving Chernev

Simple Checkmates by A.J Gilliam

Chess Fundamentals by Jose Capablanca (1921 Edition from Mckay)

Capablanca My Chess Career by Jose Capablanca (Dover Edition)

Modern Chess Brilliancies by Larry Evan (1976 Edition)

Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood by Edward Lasker

Chess Strategy by Edward Lasker

Fire on Board 1 by Alexi Shirov

Tal's 100 Best Games by Bernard Cafferty

My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer

Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch

How to crush your Opponents by Simon Williams

The Early Games of Paul Keres by Paul Keres

Find the Right Plan by Anatoly Karpov

The Ideas behind the Chess Openings Reuben Fine

The Art of Sacrifice in Chess by Rudlolph Spielman

Chess Gems by Igor Sukhin

How to Force Checkmate by Fred Reinfeld

200 Open Games by David Bronstien

Masters of the Chess Board Richard Reti

A Guide to Chess Endings by Max Euwe

Chess Master vs Chess Amature by Max Euwe

Judgement and Planning by Max Euwe

Anatoly Karpov My Best Games of Chess by Anatoly Karpov (I have the 1994 Edition and also the 2007 edition by Edition Olms)

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer

Complete Chess Strategy Volumes 1-3 by Ludek Pachman

How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Graham Burgess

Chess Tactics for Champions by Susan Polgar

The Book of Nottingham International 1936 by Alexander Alekhine (1962 dover edition)

The Art of Chess Analysis by Jan Timman

The Art of Attack by Vladmir Vulkovic

The Art of Chess Sacrifice by Vladmir Vulkovic

How to Beat Bobby Fischer by Edmar Mednis

Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1993-1998 by Tibor Karolyi

Take my Rooks by Yasser Seirawan

Playing Winning Chess Series by Yasser Seriwan (I have them all)

Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman (First Printing  December 1986  you wouldn't believe how slim this first one is compared to the 4th one 179 pages! I keep it as collectable item)

The Art of the Middle Game by Keres and Kotov

Think like a Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov

Play like a Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov

Chess Travelers Quiz Book By Julian Hodgson ( I won this Book!)

Reassess Your Chess Third Edition by Jeremy Silman

Reassess Your Chess 4th Edition by Jeremy Silman

The Life and Games of Akiva Rubinstien Volumes 1 and 2 by John Donaldson

How not to Play Chess by Zonosko Borovosky

Quality Chess Puzzle Book by John Shaw

606 Puzzles for Chess Nuts by Fred Wilson and Bruce Albertson

Mastering the Chess Openings by John Watson (I have the whole series)

1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate by Fred Reinfled

1001 Brilliant Combinations by Fred Reinfeld

The Magic Tactics of Mikhail Tal by Karsten Muller

The Golden Treasury of Chess by Fransis J Wellmurth

The Middle Years of Paul Keres by Paul Keres

Tactic Mania by Glen Flear

1001 Checkmate Combinations by Victor Khenkin

Pandolfini's Chess Endgame Course by Bruce Pandolfini

The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book by John Emms

Complete Chess Player by Fred Reinfeld

Practical Endgame Play Beyond the Basics by Glen Flear

Bobby Fischer by Karsten Muller

Bobby Fischer Profile of a Prodigy by Frank Brady

Chess Tactics from Scratch by Martin Westinik (I have the first and second edition)

Nigel Short: Best Games of a World Title Challenger by Keene

The Stress of Chess by Walter Browne

How to Play the Chess Openings by Zonosko Borovosky

Technique in Chess by Gerald Abrahams

Chess is My Life by Victor Kortchnoi (I have the larger work by Editon Olms)
Worlds Greatest Chess Games by Nunn Burgess ect.

Practical Chess Endings by Paul Keres

The Art of Chess Defense Andrew Soltis

Pawn Structure Andrew Soltis

The Inner Game of Chess by Andrew Soltis

I have far more I'd be here all night if I keep writing..........

My short stack:

• My System
• Logical Chess Move By Move
• Zurich 1953

Google. 

Most impressive collection. And if you are ever robbed by some desperate chess geek you have perfect documentation for your insurance company!   (On a serious note though, I hope you insure those books eventually pass on to people who appreciate them as much as you do)

I have a quite a few. I am not going to buy any more until I have read the ones I do have.

If you read the advertising you would think every book is the greatest chess book ever written and you really need THAT book to improve. 

That's why I like to utilize the library... If I check out a book that I really like, and plan to actually re-read it... then I would buy it for my collection.

That was nice reading roughly about so many books !

But I want to add a few remarks :

1. In the 90's I was in a club, say 40-50 members, and we had 30-40 books in the cabinet.   One could read them for free and return after some time.   But finally only a few were interested and we sold the whole lot to our members for pennies.

2. The public library in my place once interviewed readers in general and one of the results was to minimize the amount of books on chess.   I remember going to the lib for endgame books when I had an adjourned game, (in the years 1950-1980).

3. I have had over 100 books, and gave many away, as after 65 years of playing chess I don't care about learning openings...   Left now are reference books, dictionaries, encyclopedias and biographies (enables me to answer questions in forums).

4. Post 98 says it : you can find far more on the internet than ever was published in books, whether you like it or not... One of the sources I use as a reference for information is www.schaakboek.nl 

One of the biggest collections I 've ever seen !!

Isee you have Chess by Lazlo Polgar. That was my first chess book, and I still use it, very good tactical training book.

 hey

Because there is a lot to learn about in chess.

I have some books for learning chess in general, some for testing/drilling and some for more entertainment value.

One of my favorite comments from many years ago:
"Remember, if you like books--like reading them and owning them--there's no such thing as 'one chess book.' ... as you acquire one or two and read them through--even if you don't--you'll find yourself drawn to the chess section every time you walk into Walden's or Barnes and Noble or Borders. If you leaf through the books and compare their contents to what you need, you'll soon find yourself dedicating a shelf or two of your bookcase to chess books. You'll want to have all of Sierawan's books (as soon as they're back in print). You'll yearn to complete your collection of Alburt's series. You'll start haunting used book shops for old copies of Fischer's 'My 60 Memorable Games.' Your hair will gradually grow unkempt, and a distracted wild look will creep into your eyes. If you're separated from your books for too long, your hands will begin to twitch and you'll start plotting knight moves across the checkered tablecloth at the Italian restaurant where you're supposed to be wooing your wife / girlfriend. You've entered a perilous zone ... 'Chessbibliomania' is not a condition to be easily dismissed, and research has shown it isn't curable. Maybe you'll be better off just buying a gin rummy program for your computer and avoiding this chess book madness altogether. Happy reading!!"
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.misc/msg/d96eccf5ddec3c33

gumpty i think you need a life. Seriously?

Has gumpty been here since 2009?

2008 and logged on earlier this year