The tournament book of Barman 1905 is one 9f the greatest chess books ever. I am the only person I know who has ever seen a copy! On Polugaevsky, Sicilian Love' is a wonderful book.
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On phone. Will see what I can do when I get home, but I doubt that I will find any links to the Barmen book!! I have had to contribute from it for a few published history writers who would otherwise not have been able to get hold of the material.
Link for the book Sicilian love as a pdf. You can find the print one on amazon I think
https://www.scribd.com/document/350293727/Gueneau-C-Piket-I-Polugaevsky-L-Sicilian-Love-Nic-1995-Miroslav-version-pdf
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Mike_Aronchuk wrote:
Generally old books . For example , Grandmaster Preparation - L.Polugaevsky , etc that don't belong in most chess player's library ...
Pawn Power in Chess by Kmoch.
The Art of the Middle Game by Keres and Kotov.
Dec 21, 2019
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Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess, by Reshevsky. Very old and in descriptive notation, but I learned more from this book than any other. Used copies are available in the $10-15 range.
Chess Endgame Quiz, by Larry Evans. Guaranteed to improve your endgame play. 200 positions -- 50 K+P endings, 50 R+P endings, 50 Q endings, and 50 minor piece endings -- some from studies and some from actual games.
New Ideas in Chess by Larry Evans helped me in its introductory pages. I never finished the book, lol, but I learned about the 4 elements of chess position analysis. Let's see if I remember them... Time, Force, Space, and Pawn Structure. Yes, I think that's it.
Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics
IMBacon wrote:
One of my all time favorites.
Generally old books . For example , Grandmaster Preparation - L.Polugaevsky , etc that don't belong in most chess player's library ...