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

Most Read This Week Tagged "Chess"

Check & Mate
The Last Checkmate
How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
The First Move
May the Best Player Win
Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer
The Queen of Chess: How Judit Polgár Changed the Game
The Chess Revolution: Understanding the Power of an Ancient Game in the Digital Age
La mossa del matto. L'Iliade di Bobby Fischer
La diagonale Alekhine
Il Mago di Riga
The Partisan
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
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)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Eight by Katherine NevilleThe Queen's Gambit by Walter TevisThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Chess-themed Fiction
106 books — 140 voters
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Burton RaffelSilent Knight by Cassie MintBlack Knight by Rina KentRuthless Knights by Eva AshwoodThe British Knight by Louise Bay
Best Books with "Knight" in the Title
261 books — 16 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
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

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
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


Related Genres

Stacia Kane
I’m not into danger, either.” “Aw, Chess. You so into it you ain’t climb out with a rope. Why else you do your job, live down here, buy from Bump?” “It’s just—I mean—I just do, is all.” Her cheeks burned. She shouldn’t have let him come in here. She should have just sent him home and let him wash his stupid shirt himself. “No shame in it. Some of us needs an edge on things make us feel right, else we ain’t like feeling at all, aye?
Stacia Kane, Unholy Ghosts

Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Chess is all about getting the king into check, you see. It's about killing the father. I would say that chess has more to do with the art of murder than it does with the art of war. ...more
Arturo Pérez-Reverte, The Flanders Panel

More quotes...
Battlefield Chess The battlefield is the 64 square chess board and this group is for anyone who wants to dominate …more
2 members, last active 11 months ago
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
25,026 members, last active 1 days ago
MCC - MetroWest Chess Club This group is to provide a means of sharing the opinions of MCC members among themselves.
2 members, last active 2 years ago
Forward Chess Book Club Hello! We …more
41 members, last active 5 years ago

Tags

Tags contributing to this page include: chess, chess-books, chess-games, chess-library, and chess-related