,

1

by
4.41 avg rating — 1,373 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.02 avg rating — 7,211 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.30 avg rating — 1,828 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.50 avg rating — 761 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.35 avg rating — 1,296 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.20 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.49 avg rating — 388 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.44 avg rating — 461 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
3.86 avg rating — 1,406 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.57 avg rating — 284 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
4.19 avg rating — 1,237 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
3.84 avg rating — 120 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
4.45 avg rating — 101 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
4.11 avg rating — 193 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
4.27 avg rating — 576 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
4.43 avg rating — 70 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
4.39 avg rating — 939 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.25 avg rating — 316 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
4.20 avg rating — 707 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.08 avg rating — 564 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
4.09 avg rating — 32 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
4.06 avg rating — 49 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
3.90 avg rating — 2,519 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.05 avg rating — 247 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
4.12 avg rating — 380 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.19 avg rating — 114 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
4.41 avg rating — 244 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.38 avg rating — 471 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
4.02 avg rating — 56 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
3.70 avg rating — 73 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
4.61 avg rating — 49 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.16 avg rating — 68 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
4.41 avg rating — 225 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
4.39 avg rating — 144 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
3.97 avg rating — 287 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
3.96 avg rating — 762 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
3.98 avg rating — 44 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
3.84 avg rating — 82 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
3.65 avg rating — 594 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
4.42 avg rating — 261 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
4.14 avg rating — 43 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
4.18 avg rating — 38 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
4.18 avg rating — 760 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
4.20 avg rating — 54 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
4.59 avg rating — 79 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
4.40 avg rating — 60 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
4.17 avg rating — 507 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.08 avg rating — 26 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
3.85 avg rating — 6,130 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
3.58 avg rating — 78 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.37 avg rating — 107 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.04 avg rating — 105 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
3.15 avg rating — 59 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
4.54 avg rating — 67 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
4.01 avg rating — 84 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
3.83 avg rating — 84 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
3.93 avg rating — 736 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
3.97 avg rating — 64 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
4.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 309 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
4.61 avg rating — 36 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.02 avg rating — 127 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
4.55 avg rating — 160 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
3.56 avg rating — 253 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
4.01 avg rating — 3,004 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
82

by
2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.30 avg rating — 97 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
4.27 avg rating — 41 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
3.91 avg rating — 82 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.80 avg rating — 41 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
88

by
4.23 avg rating — 357 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
4.42 avg rating — 98 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
4.08 avg rating — 545 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
93

by
3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
93

by
4.34 avg rating — 38 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
93

by
4.04 avg rating — 27 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96

by
4.35 avg rating — 168 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96

by
4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
98

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
99

by
3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
298 books · 126 voters · list created August 18th, 2010 by Jorge Richard (votes) .
Tags: chess, games
112 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Jorge Richard 1108 books
360 friends
Bettie 15679 books
19 friends
Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) 546 books
365 friends
Horrorbooksfan 407 books
12 friends
Ted 3686 books
420 friends
Tropsa 307 books
1 friend
TrumanCoyote 2227 books
17 friends
Nate 611 books
18 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-3 of 3 (3 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Howard (new)

Howard Gutman Be careful of assuming good player, good book. Kasparov is an outstanding player, but his books are hard to understand like his play. In contrast, Fischer's book My 60 Memorable Games is excellent and the books about him easier to understand. His play is simpler.

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.


message 2: by Michael (last edited Dec 16, 2014 03:08PM) (new)

Michael Pantelides Hi, I most definitely respect every person's opinion even when I do not agree. Here for example, my main objection is about kasparov's writings. I have studied about 100 chess books and read another 100, all among the considered very good books on chess. I have been a club player, amateur, since 1972, rated just over 2000.
Kasparov is, in my opinion one of the top 5 chess authors, together with Tal (who wrote very little), Alekhine, Botvinnik, Nunn and, OK, maybe another 2 or 3 who get 5 star+ grade. This is all I have to say for now, Best wishes to all, Michael J.P.

PS: OH, JUST TO NAME SOME BOOKS: "ON MY GREAT PREDECESSORS", all 5 books...GREAT BOOKS FOR ENTERTAINMENT, INFORMATION AND INSTRUCTION!


message 3: by Alec (last edited Jan 09, 2016 07:21AM) (new)

Alec I don't agree with all the choices the best books stand above others for their quality and instructional value Lasker's Manual deserves to be on the list as does Reuben Fine's Basic Chess Endings, Zonosko Borovoski's the Middle Game in Chess, Chess Fundamentals by Jose Capablanca, Lessons from my Games by Reuben Fine and The Game of Chess by Siegbert Tarrasch.

Other books that deserve to be on the list Cary Utterberg's De la Bourdonnais vs McDonnell 1834, Paul Morphy by Geza Marozy, KarlsBad 1907 International Tournament by George Marco and Karl Schlechter and Zurch 1953 by David Bronstien.

I've been a Chess Player for 31 years and I've got over 500 books in my library.


back to top