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My 60 Memorable Games
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Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
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Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition
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4.30 avg rating — 1,790 ratings
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The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
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4.50 avg rating — 756 ratings
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How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course
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4.34 avg rating — 1,277 ratings
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The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
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DVORETSKY'S ENDGAME MANUAL, 2nd Ed.
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4.49 avg rating — 384 ratings
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Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953
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4.44 avg rating — 456 ratings
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Tal-Botvinnik, 1960
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My System: A Treatise on Chess (Tartan Books)
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4.19 avg rating — 1,228 ratings
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Pawn Power in Chess
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Kasparov vs Karpov 1975-1985
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Pawn Structure Chess
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Art of Attack in Chess
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Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games
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Pump Up Your Rating
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Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
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Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master
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1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
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Complete Chess Strategy 1: Planning the Pieces
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Modern Chess Openings
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Caro Kann Defence: Advance Variation and Gambit System (Batsford Chess Books)
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How to Choose a Chess Move
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Modern Chess Strategy
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Think Like A Grandmaster
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Best Lessons of a Chess Coach
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My Best Games of Chess, 1908 - 1937
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Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
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Kasparov against the World
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Better Chess for Average Players
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Mastering Chess Strategy
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500 Master Games of Chess
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Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 2
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Chess for Zebras: Thinking Differently about Black and White
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4.39 avg rating — 144 ratings
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Lasker's Manual of Chess
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3.97 avg rating — 286 ratings
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Chess Fundamentals
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The Art of Planning in Chess: Move by Move
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How Not to Play Chess
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3.83 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Win at Chess
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Birth of the Chess Queen: A History
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3.66 avg rating — 591 ratings
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Garry Kasparov on Fischer: My Great Predecessors, Part IV
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4.42 avg rating — 260 ratings
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Grandmaster Preparation - Attack & Defence
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Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces: 100 Selected Games
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Great Chess Books of the Twentieth Century in English
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The Middlegame, Book 2: Dynamic & Subjective Features
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107 Great Chess Battles, 1939-1945 (Dover Books on Chess)
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The Middlegame, Book 1: Static Features
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1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate, 21st Century Edition
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Winning Chess Tactics
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Forcing Chess Moves: The Key to Better Calculation
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Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide
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Practical Chess Endings
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Winning Chess Strategies
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The Ruy Lopez Explained (Batsford Chess Books)
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Chess Reform Chess
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My Best Games of Chess: 1935-1957
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Kiln People
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SAMURAI CHESS Mastering Strategic Thinking through the Martial Art of the Mind
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3.57 avg rating — 79 ratings
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Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess: Seize the Moment to Get the Advantage
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Learn Chess Quickly
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Tactics Time 2: 1001 Real Chess Tactics From Real Games
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The Art of the Middle Game
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Queenmagic, Kingmagic
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Alexander Alekhine's Best Games
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The Game of Chess
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Beginners Guide - How to Learn Chess in 60 Minutes. Everything You Need to Learn How to Play Winning Chess Quickly!
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The Inner Game of Chess: How to Calculate and Win
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The Chess Opening for You: A Complete System for White and Black
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The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine
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Judgment and Planning in Chess
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Tratado General de Ajedrez - 4 Tomos
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Chess Opening Names: The Fascinating & Entertaining History Behind The First Few Moves (The Chess Collection Book 1)
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Complete Chess Strategy: Principles Of Pawn Play And The Center
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Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part 2: 1985-1993
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Chess Tactics for Kids
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Build up your Chess 1: The Fundamentals
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Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps: Traps And Zaps
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Better Thinking for Better Chess
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The golden treasury of chess
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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
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Better Thinking for Better Chess (Better Thinking for... Book 1)
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Attack with Mikhail Tal (Cadogan Chess Books)
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Combinations: The Heart of Chess
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Nunn's Chess Openings (Everyman Chess Series)
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The Art of Chess Combination
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The Batsford Book Of Chess Records
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Understanding Chess Move by Move
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Complete Chess Strategy 3: Play on the Wings
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Fundamental Chess Endings
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How to Beat Your Dad at Chess
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Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929
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Kasparov v Deeper Blue: The Ultimate Man v Machine Challenge
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Techniques of Positional Play: 45 Practical Methods to Gain the Upper Hand in Chess
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The Complete Manual of Positional Chess: The Russian Chess School 2.0 - Opening and Middlegame
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The Seven Deadly Chess Sins
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The Complete Manual of Positional Chess: The Russian Chess School 2.0 - Middlegame Structures and Dynamics (Volume 2)
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A Parent's Guide to Chess
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The Hippopotamus Rises: The Re-Emergence of a Chess Opening (Batsford Chess Books)
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The Art of Combination
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Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 3
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1. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is a non-descript not particularly good book
2. Capablanca's Best Games by Golumbak is a very good intermediate book.
3. Drovetsky is one of the outstanding writers and more of his books should have made the top 50. I'd put his book Tactical Play, no 2.
4. Logical Chess Move by Move is a good book but probably not no. 2.
5. Fireside Book of Chess and Chess for Fun, Chess for Blood are good story books.
6. Tal's book on his match with Botvinnik should probably be up there.
7. Polgar's book on combinations and progressive learning is well done and one of the best books for someone learning or even intermediate. his daughters are outstanding chess players for a reason.
8. Averbakh's book on chess ending, available in English on disc is a well-organized educational book on endings that I put in the top 5.
9. Kasparov's book on his match provides a somewhat biased view and his annotations are hard.