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Post by pram on Mar 24, 2006 11:27:26 GMT -5
My favorite chess book isn't out yet. How to beat the Spazman.  |
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Post by pram on Mar 24, 2006 12:51:57 GMT -5
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Post by jde on Mar 24, 2006 18:24:16 GMT -5
Bobby Fischers Greatest Games
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Post by windyt on Mar 25, 2006 0:03:21 GMT -5
The Chess companion, Irving Chernev - reads more like a book than a chess book. Short stories themed around the game.
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Post by Wookiee on Mar 29, 2006 18:21:04 GMT -5
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Post by algae on Mar 4, 2010 5:04:01 GMT -5
Nobody mentioned Simple Chess, My System, Chess For Fun And Chess For Blood, Chess For tigers, just off the top of my head.
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Post by invader on Mar 6, 2010 23:29:09 GMT -5
The Winning Chess series by Seirawan. They're very easy to read and very well written and full of information. Nothing has improved my game more. Most other books are very dry and written like a college text book. These are not. If you haven't looked into them there's a whole series each one focusing on something different: Strategies, Tactics, Openings, Endings, Brilliancies. Highly recommended!
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Post by zingrillo on May 15, 2010 10:53:12 GMT -5
My favourite book isn't about theory... it's 'Alekhine' of Alexander Kotov. It's a very interesting biography (and there are a lot of amazing games)
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Post by dbear on May 21, 2010 16:53:03 GMT -5
Re-assess your chess,the amateurs mind,and chess tactics and strategy,by IM jeremy sillman. you wont believe it! pls check it out!!!!
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Post by doubtfulguest on Jun 7, 2010 4:28:40 GMT -5
So many great books out there! I'd say my favorite is probably Nimzowitsch's "My System", if only because it was such a huge influence early on in my chess explorations.
Stean's "Simple Chess" comes in at a close second, for the same reason. Third place goes to John Watson's "Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy".
More recently, I'd say Tibor Karolyi's "Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov", Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, Donaldson/Hansen's "A Strategic Opening Repertoire" have had a pretty considerable influence, and if they have time to settle in my brain, perhaps may ascend to "favorite of all time".
Incidentally, I'd recommend "Chess for Zebras" to anyone as a more casual read, which is easily the best chess "attitude" book that I've ever read. It's sort of a psychological examination of chess thinking and chess improvement -- rather than being a straight-up instructional book. It is simply marvelously written and intelligent.
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