Free Chess e-Books
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About Our Free Chess eBook List
We have the best free chess books available for download. You will also find a list of useful links to chess websites, tutorials and sites hosting even more free chess ebooks. Now you can improve your skills without spending a dime! The works on chess that we list below are high quality books converted into digital form (using Adobe .pdf format) and available for fast and immediate download.
Free Chess Books Download List
Public domain chess e-books in .pdf format.
Feel free to download as many of free chess ebooks from the list below as you want.
A popular question about free chess books is: is it legal to download them for free? The answer is of course yes. As you can see, all the books above are rather old and as such have been released to the public domain (meaning you can copy and distribute them as you like). If you are looking for some more modern works however, I strongly suggest you visit my page on the best chess book reviews.
- 75 Chess Problems by John Thursby (1883)
- 200 Chess Problems by Frank Healey (1866)
- 777 Chess Miniatures in Three, collected and Arranged by E. Wallis
- The Art of Chess by James Mason (1905)
- The Book of the London International Chess Congress 1899
- The Book of the Sixth American Chess Congress in 1889
- Chess Openings 2nd Edition, by Robert B. Wormald (1875)
- The Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy the Chess Champion by Frederick Milnes Edge (1859)
- The Elements of Chess by François Danican Philidor (1805)
- Globe Problem and Solution Tourney No. 2 by C.F. Stubbs (1888)
- The Manual of Chess by Charles Kenny (1864)
- The Modern Chess Instructor by William Steinitz (1889)
A popular question about free chess books is: is it legal to download them for free? The answer is of course yes. As you can see, all the books above are rather old and as such have been released to the public domain (meaning you can copy and distribute them as you like). If you are looking for some more modern works however, I strongly suggest you visit my page on the best chess book reviews.
Best Chess e-Books and Tutorials
Online chess tutorials for turning you into a pro!
If you're looking for a bit more modern chess training program, see the following online chess courses. They will cost you some money, but no printed book will come even close in terms of value provided.
- How To Win Chess is a comprehensive one year email chess 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 the like. Every week you will be sent a 2 to 5 page long lesson in .pdf format. The course is designed to bring players from amateur to expert level!
More Free Chess Guides and Tutorials
Free chess ebooks, chess sets, guides, tournaments and more.
- ChessZone has a great selection of chess supplies, top quality chess sets from all around the world, chess clocks, electronic chess and more.
- ChessVille offers a lot of useful resources such as beginner guides and e-books, tactical exercises and software, reviews of most popular chess books and CDs and funny chess comics.
- ChessManiac is a free online chess playing community where you can play against others, participate discussions and tournaments and join teams or chess clubs.
Best Printed Chess Books
Reviews of the best world-famous chess books.
Chess News Online
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- Chess with Breivik anyone?
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- 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 ...
- Putin meets, congratulates world chess champion Anand and runner-up Gelfand (AP)
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Good Beginner Chess Set
No Stress Chess
Amazon Price: $12.75 (as of 05/31/2012)
This chess learning set features an innovative deck of action cards, each depicting one chess piece and its moves. Once you become comfortable with the powers of each chess piece, you can flip the two-sided board over and play chess normally.
Handy Travel Chess Set
Drueke 877.10 Magnetic Chess Set
Amazon Price: $19.99 (as of 05/31/2012)
This easy-to-transport set is ideal for long car or plane rides. The plastic pieces have magnetic bottoms 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 return to your game later with the pieces exactly where you left them.
Great Wooden Chess Set
15" Standard Wooden Chess Set
Amazon Price: $22.00 (as of 05/31/2012)
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.
