Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide in homes, parks, clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments. ...more

Check & Mate
The Last Checkmate
How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
The First Move
The Steps
May the Best Player Win
The Queen of Chess: How Judit Polgár Changed the Game
The Chess Revolution: Understanding the Power of an Ancient Game in the Digital Age
La mossa del matto. L'Iliade di Bobby Fischer
Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer
Il Mago di Riga
The Partisan
Gagner aux échecs (même quand on débute): Maîtriser sa partie de l'ouverture jusqu'au mat
La diagonale Alekhine
How to Study Chess on Your Own: Creating a Plan that Works… and Sticking to it!
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition
How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course
The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master
My 60 Memorable Games
My System: A Treatise on Chess
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
Art of Attack in Chess
The Queen's Gambit
Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games
Winning Chess Tactics (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess)
100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player Improved and Expanded
Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual
Chess Story
La variante di Lüneburg by Paolo MaurensigLa regina degli scacchi by Walter TevisLa mossa del cavallo by Andrea CamilleriL'uomo che guardava passare i treni by Georges SimenonNovella degli scacchi by Stefan Zweig
Scacco al libro
24 books — 17 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Eight by Katherine NevilleThe Queen's Gambit by Walter TevisThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Chess-themed Fiction
108 books — 140 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingIA by John Darryl WinstonChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Chess in Fiction
63 books — 47 voters
Bobby Fischer Goes to War by David EdmondsBirth of the Chess Queen by Marilyn YalomMy 60 Memorable Games by Bobby FischerTal-Botvinnik, 1960 by Mikhail TalLisa by Jesse Kraai
Best Books About Chess
59 books — 30 voters

My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby FischerBobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby FischerLogical Chess by Irving ChernevThe Life and Games of Mikhail Tal by Mikhail TalHow to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy Silman
Best Chess Books
303 books — 127 voters


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Lewis Carroll
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