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

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Check & Mate
How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
The Last Checkmate
The First Move
La mossa del matto. L'Iliade di Bobby Fischer
Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer
May the Best Player Win
The Partisan
Gagner aux échecs (même quand on débute): Maîtriser sa partie de l'ouverture jusqu'au mat
La diagonale Alekhine
Il Mago di Riga
How to Study Chess on Your Own: Creating a Plan that Works… and Sticking to it!
The Queen of Chess: How Judit Polgár Changed the Game
The Chess Revolution: Understanding the Power of an Ancient Game in the Digital Age
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)
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 (Dover Chess)
DVORETSKY'S ENDGAME MANUAL, 2nd Ed.
The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain
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
298 books — 126 voters
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby FischerHow to Reassess Your Chess by Jeremy SilmanChess by László PolgárLogical Chess by Irving ChernevThe Reassess Your Chess Workbook by Jeremy Silman
Teach Yourself Chess
81 books — 13 voters

Twisted Kingdom by Rina KentMidnight Kingdom by Amelia WildeRise of a Queen by Rina KentThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Books with Board Game Pieces on Cover
127 books — 34 voters
Fundamental Chess Patterns by Rodolfo PardiEncyclopedia of Chess Patterns, part 1 by Rodolfo PardiA Selection of additional Chess Patterns by Rodolfo PardiThe most important Chess Pattern - Critical Squares by Rodolfo PardiFork, a common Chess Pattern by Rodolfo Pardi
Chess patterns
14 books — 1 voter

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
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Queen's Gambit by Walter TevisThe Rook by Daniel O'MalleyI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithDeath Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
[ATY 2023] Related to a Chess Piece
720 books — 101 voters


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Caroline Stevermer
How dreadful...to be caught up in a game and have no idea of the rules.
Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery & Cecelia: or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

Susanna Kearsley
Tis action moves the world....[in] the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it.
Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

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