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Chess Books
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Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 765 times as chess)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,272 ratings — published 1966
Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 691 times as chess)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,843 ratings — published 1957
How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course (Paperback)
by (shelved 670 times as chess)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,301 ratings — published
The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery (Paperback)
by (shelved 508 times as chess)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,084 ratings — published 1995
Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 500 times as chess)
avg rating 4.39 — 946 ratings — published 2006
My 60 Memorable Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 476 times as chess)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,381 ratings — published 1969
My System: A Treatise on Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 466 times as chess)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,243 ratings — published 1925
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal (Paperback)
by (shelved 336 times as chess)
avg rating 4.50 — 765 ratings — published 1978
Art of Attack in Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as chess)
avg rating 4.27 — 581 ratings — published 1963
The Queen's Gambit (Paperback)
by (shelved 277 times as chess)
avg rating 4.18 — 138,896 ratings — published 1983
Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 262 times as chess)
avg rating 4.19 — 710 ratings — published 1994
Winning Chess Tactics (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess)
by (shelved 253 times as chess)
avg rating 4.18 — 764 ratings — published 1992
100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player Improved and Expanded (Paperback)
by (shelved 248 times as chess)
avg rating 4.49 — 266 ratings — published 2008
DVORETSKY'S ENDGAME MANUAL, 2nd Ed. (Paperback)
by (shelved 247 times as chess)
avg rating 4.49 — 388 ratings — published 2004
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 (Dover Chess)
by (shelved 245 times as chess)
avg rating 4.44 — 461 ratings — published 1956
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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 243 times as chess)
avg rating 4.01 — 3,042 ratings — published 2006
Chess Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 239 times as chess)
avg rating 4.26 — 177,831 ratings — published 1942
Chess Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 232 times as chess)
avg rating 3.96 — 768 ratings — published 1908
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 214 times as chess)
avg rating 4.39 — 474 ratings — published 2003
Think Like A Grandmaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 213 times as chess)
avg rating 4.12 — 380 ratings — published 1970
Play Winning Chess (Everyman Chess)
by (shelved 203 times as chess)
avg rating 4.13 — 951 ratings — published 1992
How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 200 times as chess)
avg rating 4.37 — 1,793 ratings — published 2023
Modern Chess Openings (McKay Chess Library)
by (shelved 193 times as chess)
avg rating 4.08 — 568 ratings — published 1972
Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z (Paperback)
by (shelved 181 times as chess)
avg rating 4.05 — 656 ratings — published 1998
Understanding Chess Move by Move (Paperback)
by (shelved 180 times as chess)
avg rating 4.23 — 357 ratings — published 2001
Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 173 times as chess)
avg rating 3.94 — 11,148 ratings — published 2011
Winning Chess Strategies (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as chess)
avg rating 4.17 — 507 ratings — published 1994
FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings (Paperback)
by (shelved 159 times as chess)
avg rating 4.24 — 358 ratings — published 2009
Pawn Structure Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as chess)
avg rating 4.11 — 194 ratings — published 1976
The Woodpecker Method (Hardcover)
by (shelved 144 times as chess)
avg rating 4.32 — 127 ratings — published
Game Changer: AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as chess)
avg rating 4.21 — 289 ratings — published 2019
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy (Paperback)
by (shelved 138 times as chess)
avg rating 4.23 — 258 ratings — published 1965
Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advances since Nimzowitsch (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as chess)
avg rating 4.19 — 190 ratings — published 1999
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as chess)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,532 ratings — published 2003
Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition (Dover Chess)
by (shelved 129 times as chess)
avg rating 4.46 — 300 ratings — published 2003
How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom (Paperback)
by (shelved 128 times as chess)
avg rating 3.81 — 3,021 ratings — published 2001
Soviet Chess Primer (Chess Classics)
by (shelved 128 times as chess)
avg rating 4.33 — 131 ratings — published 1936
Check & Mate (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as chess)
avg rating 3.94 — 368,431 ratings — published 2023
Mastering Chess Strategy (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as chess)
avg rating 4.60 — 50 ratings — published 2010
The Luzhin Defense (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as chess)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,272 ratings — published 1929
Endgame Strategy (Cadogan Chess Books)
by (shelved 122 times as chess)
avg rating 4.43 — 94 ratings — published 1985
My Best Games of Chess, 1908 - 1937 (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as chess)
avg rating 4.42 — 243 ratings — published 1939
Tal-Botvinnik, 1960 (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as chess)
avg rating 4.55 — 287 ratings — published 1961
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Chess for Kids)
by (shelved 118 times as chess)
avg rating 4.09 — 548 ratings — published 1998
Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess: Basic to Advanced Strategies with America's Foremost Chess Instructor (Paperback)
by (shelved 118 times as chess)
avg rating 3.89 — 686 ratings — published 2003
Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games: Improve Your Chess by Studying the Greatest Games of All time (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as chess)
avg rating 4.36 — 214 ratings — published 1998
Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as chess)
avg rating 4.60 — 80 ratings — published 2015
Modern Chess Strategy (Paperback)
by (shelved 113 times as chess)
avg rating 4.05 — 247 ratings — published 1971
The Seven Deadly Chess Sins (A British Champion discusses the most common causes of disaster in chess)
by (shelved 110 times as chess)
avg rating 4.35 — 168 ratings — published 2000
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 2 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 109 times as chess)
avg rating 4.41 — 224 ratings — published 2004
“I like the moment when I break a man's ego”
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“Whereas a novice makes moves until he gets checkmated (proof), a Grand Master realizes 20 moves in advance that it’s futile to continue playing (conceptualizing).”
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