What Chess Books Do You Recommend That I Should Get?

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Dear Chess Friends,

I am playing/going to play in a series of tournaments and leagues (OTB and online, FIDE and Not FIDE) and I am looking to improve as fast as possible before some of them start. I have been currently reading Capablanca's chess masterpiece 'Chess Fundamentals' but I am now looking for books that focus primarily on endgames and positional techniques as I feel these are my weak spots. Do you guys have any suggestions on what books I should purchase? If yes please comment below happy.png

Thanks for your help happy.png

@Iloveguppy

Avatar of RathminesRampager

"The Soviet Chess Primer" by Ilya Maizelis is a good place to start. The Soviets did know something about chess...

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I recommend tactics training here and studying the Old Masters on Wikipedia. Also there is an engine website and that is fun to watch but completely inhuman.

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I found Reinfeld's book on the games of Tarrasch very helpful. You may too.

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Thanks for your suggestion guys, I will check the books and maybe buy them happy.png

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Tom_Harper wrote:

I recommend tactics training here and studying the Old Masters on Wikipedia. Also there is an engine website and that is fun to watch but completely inhuman.

I am already doing puzzles and tactics trainer and I analyze basically all my games. I would check out some of the old games of the old world champions and grandmasters (e.g. Bobbie fisher, Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Tal, etc). Thanks for your suggestion @Tom_Harper happy.png

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What about Jesus de la villa - 100 chess endgames you must know

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Uscfsales.com has a book section and in the book section there is a link to endgame books.

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I made a forum post a while back and it got a ton of ideas

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Moonwarrior_1 wrote:

I made a forum post a while back and it got a ton of ideas

Cool, thanks for telling me, I will check your forum post happy.png