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
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The Last Checkmate
The First Move
May the Best Player Win
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Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer
The Partisan
La diagonale Alekhine
Il Mago di Riga
How to Study Chess on Your Own: Creating a Plan that Works… and Sticking to it!
Gagner aux échecs (même quand on débute): Maîtriser sa partie de l'ouverture jusqu'au mat
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)
100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player Improved and Expanded
DVORETSKY'S ENDGAME MANUAL, 2nd Ed.
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 (Dover Chess)
Check & Mate by Ali HazelwoodThe First Move by Jenny IrelandNot an Easy Win by Chrystal D. GilesFocused by Alyson GerberCuriosity by Gary L. Blackwood
YA & Middle Grade Chess Fiction
13 books — 5 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
Check & Mate by Ali HazelwoodThe Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis GravesThis Duchess of Mine by Eloisa JamesThe Duchess War by Courtney MilanCheckmate by R.L. Mathewson
Checkmate: Chess in Romance Novels
43 books — 33 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
Dejah Thoris Vol. 1 by Amy ChuHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHypnerotomachia Poliphili by Francesco ColonnaInfinitum ciencia ficción #1 by Juan José FernándezA Prince of Dreamers by Flora Annie Steel
Living chess
51 books — 2 voters


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and a most curious country it was. There were a number of tiny little brooks running straight across it from side to side, and the ground between was divided up into squares by a number of little green hedges, that reached from brook to brook. I declare it's marked out just like a large chessboard!' Alice said at last. 'There ought to be some men moving about somewhere--and so there are!' she added in a tone of delight, and her heart began to beat quick with excitement as she went on. 'It's a gr ...more
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