We are compiling a constantly growing and updated list of recommended chess books for our visitors. Visit the links below to get a brief synopsis of each book, a description of what level chess player the book is best suited for and a short biography on the authors.
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Fundamental Chess Endings
Two endgame experts, Frank Lamprecht and Karsten Muller, come together to create a ‘one-volume encyclopedia’ covering all major endgames.
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Understanding Chess Middlegames
After the success of his book Understanding Chess Endgames, GM John Nunn dedicates his next one to the middlegame which often receives less attention.
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Winning Chess Strategies
Winning Chess Strategies is the third book in Seirawan’s “Winning” series and goes from teaching you what to do to showing mistakes you should avoid.
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Chess Tactics for Champions
Chess grandmaster Susan Polgar seeks to partake the lessons she learned from her father Laszlo Polgar on her way to be the first female grandmaster in history.
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Secrets of Pawn Endings
Secrets of Pawn Endings by Frank Lamprecht and Karsten Muller is the definitive modern chess book on pawn endings from two experts on chess endgame.
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500 Master Games of Chess
This is a compilation of 500 master games played by the greatest chess players of all time and is said to be the ‘greatest standard collection’ of chess games.
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My Best Games of Chess
My Best Games of Chess is a compilation of Alexander Alekhine’s 220 best matches along with personal accounts about the games which made him a legend.
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Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games
Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games is world famous chess teacher Laszlo Polgar’s best and most complete book to date with over 5,000 problems.
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Modern Chess Strategy
The works of Ludĕk Pachman were inaccessible to English-speakers. The recent translation of one of his best books, Modern Chess Strategy, seeks to rectify that.
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Learn Chess Tactics
Learn Chess Tactics is written to teach the basics of the game to new players. You’ll learn tactics and strategies that will take you from losing to winning.
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