The Yusupov series
Small Steps to Giant Improvement, Sam Shankland (on pawn play)
Good game collections of which there are many
Middlegame books
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Jan 15, 2019
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#3
I agree with @madratter7 on the Yusupov books. In addition:
For calculation and thought processes: Soltis, The Inner Game of Chess (much better than Think Like a Grandmaster); Soltis, How to Choose a Chess Move; Benjamin, Better Thinking, Better Chess.
For strategy and positional play: Pachman, Complete Chess Strategy (3 volumes; also published in an abridged version called Modern Chess Strategy); Marović, Understanding Pawn Play in Chess; Marović, Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess; Soltis, Pawn Structure Chess; Flores, Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide. I haven't seen Shankland's book yet but have heard good things about it.
Game collections: Bronstein, Zurich 1953; Reshevsky, Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess; Réti, Masters of the Chessboard.
madratter7 wrote:
The Yusupov series ...
As I understand it, the official order is Build-1, Boost-1, Evolution-1, Exam-1, Build-2, Boost-2, etc.
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Build-up-Your-Chess-1-exceprt.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103321/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review699.pdf
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Build-up-your-chess-2-excerpt.pdf
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Build-up-Your-Chess-3-exceprt.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103659/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review778.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Boost-Your-Chess-1-77p3744.htm
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Boost-Your-Chess-1-excerpt.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Boost-Your-Chess-2-77p3745.htm
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/BoostYourChess2-excerpt.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Boost-Your-Chess-3-77p3746.htm
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/BoostYourChess3.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103149/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review834.pdf
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Chess-Evolution-1-excerpt.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708085817/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review843.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Chess-Evolution-2-77p3643.htm
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Chess_Evolution_2-excerpt.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Chess-Evolution-3-Mastery-77p3753.htm
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Chess_Evolution_3-excerpt.pdf
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/QandAwithArturYusupovQualityChessAugust2013.pdf
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Revision&Exam1-excerpt.pdf
"Fundamentals first, then Beyond the Basics and finally Mastery. Follow the colours!" - Yusupov
madratter7 wrote:
… Small Steps to Giant Improvement, Sam Shankland (on pawn play) ...
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/sam-shankland/
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7804.pdf
OldPatzerMike wrote:
... Soltis, The Inner Game of Chess ...
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Inner-Game-of-Chess-The-77p3897.htm
OldPatzerMike wrote:
... Soltis, How to Choose a Chess Move ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094114/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review545.pdf
OldPatzerMike wrote:
... Benjamin, Better Thinking, Better Chess. ...
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9071.pdf
OldPatzerMike wrote:
... Modern Chess Strategy ...
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486202909.html
OldPatzerMike wrote:
... Marović, Understanding Pawn Play in Chess ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708110136/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review249.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Understanding_Pawn_Play_in_Chess.pdf
OldPatzerMike wrote:
... Marović, Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess ...
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Dynamic_Pawn_Play_in_Chess.pdf
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/books-of-many-flavours
OldPatzerMike wrote:
... Soltis, Pawn Structure Chess ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101523/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review908.pdf
OldPatzerMike wrote:
... Flores, Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide. ...
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-structures-a-grandmaster-guide/
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7495.pdf
OldPatzerMike wrote:
... Réti, Masters of the Chessboard.
http://www.thechessmind.net/blog/2012/4/1/book-notice-richard-retis-masters-of-the-chessboard.html
Jan 15, 2019
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#16
Try Mastering Chess Middlegames by GM Panchenko. You can try the book in Chessable.
Try Small Steps to Giant Improvement by GM Sam Shankland
Judgement and Planning in Chess by Euwe. Very under rated IMO is a good one.
The Art of Attack by Vukovic which compliments the above
Ziggy_Zugzwang wrote:
... The Art of Attack by Vukovic ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708234424/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/aac.pdf
I need some suggestions on good middlegame books. I'm already familiar with the basic ones like Silman, Simple Chess, Think like aGM etc.