Best Chess Books
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List of the Best Chess Books and Free eBooks
The Best Chess Book for Beginners
Highly recommended as your first chess book.
Chess for Everyone: A Complete Guide for the Beginner
Amazon Price: $14.81 (as of 05/30/2012)
If you are looking for your first book on chess, the "Chess for Everyone: A Complete Guide for the Beginner" by a national chess master and teacher Robert Snyder is the perfect choice. The twenty lessons and detailed diagrams cover everything from the basic rules of the game to opening systems, endgame strategy and terms such as the pin and the fork. It is highly recommended as the first chess book, for kids and adults alike!
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Great Book on Chess Exercises
A must-have chess exercise book with real-life test positions.
Practical Chess Exercises: 600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy
Amazon Price: $11.27 (as of 05/30/2012)
This is an outstanding collection of randomized chess puzzles of ranging difficulty and on different themes like attack, defense, threat identification, openings, middlegame and endgame. The positions are realistic, many taken from amateur games. There are no hints - you simply have to make the best moves in every situation. Solutions are explained in concise manner on the next page. This is an excellent chess problem book for the intermediate player!
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Classic Chess Strategy Book
A must-read chess book for experienced players.
My System: A Chess Manual on Totally New Principles (Chess Classics)
Amazon Price: $19.03 (as of 05/30/2012)
Nimzowitsch's "My System" is widely regarded as one of the most important and best chess books ever written. It is essential for your improvement as a chess player and is suitable for everyone except beginners. "My System" is a book that introduced the fundamental principle of hypermodernism (controlling the center with distant pieces rather than pawns). The book is divided into three parts: the Elements, where the author explains the basics of his system, the Position Play where Nimzowitsch tells you how to gain positional advantage, and 50 illustrative games for analysis.
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The Ultimate Chess Strategy Book
In-depth research of modern chess strategy.
Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
Amazon Price: $18.71 (as of 05/30/2012)
John Watson's chess book is a thorough and profound work, both a refinement of Nimzowitsch's fundamental ideas (which were revolutionary 70 years ago) and a discussion of completely new concepts in positional chess. The first part of the book explores the classical themes and issues raised by Nimzowitsch himself, while the second one discusses modern methods and praxis. This is probably the best book on modern chess strategy available today.
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Best Chess eBooks
Chess e-books and videos for improving your skills.
- How To Win Chess is a comprehensive 52 week e-mail course that covers every single fundamental step, going over things like common opening mistakes, principles to apply when playing against a more experienced opponent, indispensable middle game maneuvers and more. Every week you will be sent a 2-5 page long lesson in downloadable PDF format. This course is designed to bring players from amateur to expert level.
Other Good Chess Books on Amazon
Links to Useful Chess Resources and Websites
Best chess sites, clubs, online tournaments and more.
- ChessZone offers a wide selection of chess supplies, top quality chess sets from around the world, chess clocks, electronic chess and more.
- ChessManiac is a free online chess playing community where you can play chess online, participate discussions and tournaments, and join teams or chess clubs.
- Free Chess E-Books page offers free public domain chess guides available for download in .pdf format.
New Online Articles About Chess
- Chess Champion Keeps Title After Tense Set of Tiebreakers
- Viswanathan Anand retained the world chess championship on Wednesday by defeating Boris Gelfand in a series of tiebreaker games in a title match in Moscow. Mr. Anand, who is from India, earned $1.4 million for the victory; Mr. Gelfand, an Israeli, ...
- Brodeur laments "wrong move" in Stanley Cup chess match
- "It was a little chess match, who's going to make the mistake and we made the bigger one. "There's six games left in the series, we need to win four they need to three. It's definitely disappointing but we're fine. We didn't play our best game and we ...
- Rock musical 'Chess in Concert' makes a move to Columbus' Shedd Theatre
- By Zach Holmes The Senior Repertory of Ohio Theatre Company is presenting ?Chess in Concert? June 1- 10 at the Columbus Performing Arts Center's Shedd Theatre. Those who think chess is just a game old people play at the park are wrong.
- Speed chess in Monaco
- But his fall from third to fifth on Sunday afternoon underlined how F1 at Monaco is a game of high-speed chess. First Alonso took third by stopping one lap later than the Briton and completing his 'in-lap' very quickly. McLaren's pit work was also a ...
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The_Philologist
Aug 10, 2011 @ 2:19 pm | delete
- Good list, I agree, the sites are a particularly helpful addition.
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JamesPittman
Oct 26, 2010 @ 12:59 pm | delete
- Very good list of chess books. The chess exercises book looks really interesting.
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nadyadord
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KarenTBTEN
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- I think it's cool that you included that list of public domain e-books.
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by Chadrew
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Great Chess Set for Beginners
No Stress Chess
Amazon Price: $12.75 (as of 05/30/2012)
Finally, a way to learn chess without stress! The secret? An innovative deck of action cards. Each depicts a chess piece and how it moves. Once you become comfortable with the moves and powers of each chess piece, you can flip the two-sided board over and play standard chess.
Quality Wooden Chess Set
15" Standard Wooden Chess Set
Amazon Price: $22.00 (as of 05/30/2012)
This chess set features a folding 15" x 15" wood board and 3.25" kings. Pieces are stored inside the board when folded, and are secured by elastic straps. A metal clasp prevents unintentional opening of the set.
Great Travel Chess Set
Drueke 877.10 Magnetic Chess Set
Amazon Price: $19.99 (as of 05/30/2012)
This easy-to-transport set is perfect for long car or plane rides. The plastic pieces are equipped with a magnetic bottom so they won't move when you encounter some rough terrain. The magnetic set is also perfect for when time is short. Squeeze in as much chess as you can during break and then return to your game with the pieces exactly where you left them.
