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Chess Books
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Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 753 times as chess)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,112 ratings — published 1966
Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 679 times as chess)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,801 ratings — published 1957
How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course (Paperback)
by (shelved 657 times as chess)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,284 ratings — published
The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery (Paperback)
by (shelved 497 times as chess)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,074 ratings — published 1995
Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 481 times as chess)
avg rating 4.39 — 925 ratings — published 2006
My 60 Memorable Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 465 times as chess)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,369 ratings — published 1969
My System: A Treatise on Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 455 times as chess)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,230 ratings — published 1925
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal (Paperback)
by (shelved 327 times as chess)
avg rating 4.50 — 758 ratings — published 1978
Art of Attack in Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 307 times as chess)
avg rating 4.27 — 568 ratings — published 1963
The Queen's Gambit (Paperback)
by (shelved 275 times as chess)
avg rating 4.18 — 136,186 ratings — published 1983
Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 257 times as chess)
avg rating 4.20 — 704 ratings — published 1994
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 (Dover Chess)
by (shelved 246 times as chess)
avg rating 4.44 — 459 ratings — published 1956
DVORETSKY'S ENDGAME MANUAL, 2nd Ed. (Paperback)
by (shelved 243 times as chess)
avg rating 4.49 — 386 ratings — published 2004
Winning Chess Tactics (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess)
by (shelved 240 times as chess)
avg rating 4.18 — 755 ratings — published 1992
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 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 236 times as chess)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,955 ratings — published 2006
Chess Story (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as chess)
avg rating 4.27 — 168,383 ratings — published 1942
100 Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player Improved and Expanded (Paperback)
by (shelved 233 times as chess)
avg rating 4.49 — 261 ratings — published 2008
Chess Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 229 times as chess)
avg rating 3.96 — 747 ratings — published 1908
Think Like A Grandmaster (Paperback)
by (shelved 212 times as chess)
avg rating 4.12 — 376 ratings — published 1970
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 207 times as chess)
avg rating 4.38 — 466 ratings — published 2003
Play Winning Chess (Everyman Chess)
by (shelved 201 times as chess)
avg rating 4.13 — 934 ratings — published 1992
Modern Chess Openings (McKay Chess Library)
by (shelved 191 times as chess)
avg rating 4.08 — 559 ratings — published 1972
Understanding Chess Move by Move (Paperback)
by (shelved 178 times as chess)
avg rating 4.22 — 354 ratings — published 2001
Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z (Paperback)
by (shelved 173 times as chess)
avg rating 4.05 — 637 ratings — published 1998
How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 172 times as chess)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,545 ratings — published 2023
Winning Chess Strategies (Paperback)
by (shelved 169 times as chess)
avg rating 4.17 — 501 ratings — published 1994
Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 168 times as chess)
avg rating 3.94 — 11,093 ratings — published 2011
FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings (Paperback)
by (shelved 153 times as chess)
avg rating 4.23 — 352 ratings — published 2009
Pawn Structure Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 144 times as chess)
avg rating 4.11 — 194 ratings — published 1976
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy (Paperback)
by (shelved 135 times as chess)
avg rating 4.24 — 251 ratings — published 1965
Game Changer: AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI (Paperback)
by (shelved 133 times as chess)
avg rating 4.23 — 282 ratings — published 2019
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 131 times as chess)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,502 ratings — published 2003
Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advances since Nimzowitsch (Paperback)
by (shelved 130 times as chess)
avg rating 4.19 — 190 ratings — published 1999
Check & Mate (Paperback)
by (shelved 126 times as chess)
avg rating 3.94 — 349,308 ratings — published 2023
Soviet Chess Primer (Chess Classics)
by (shelved 125 times as chess)
avg rating 4.33 — 128 ratings — published 1936
How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom (Paperback)
by (shelved 124 times as chess)
avg rating 3.81 — 2,964 ratings — published 2001
My Best Games of Chess, 1908 - 1937 (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as chess)
avg rating 4.42 — 242 ratings — published 1939
The Luzhin Defense (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as chess)
avg rating 3.94 — 15,901 ratings — published 1929
Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition (Dover Chess)
by (shelved 122 times as chess)
avg rating 4.45 — 288 ratings — published 2003
Endgame Strategy (Cadogan Chess Books)
by (shelved 121 times as chess)
avg rating 4.41 — 91 ratings — published 1985
Tal-Botvinnik, 1960 (Paperback)
by (shelved 121 times as chess)
avg rating 4.57 — 284 ratings — published 1961
The Woodpecker Method (Hardcover)
by (shelved 120 times as chess)
avg rating 4.31 — 115 ratings — published
Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess: Basic to Advanced Strategies with America's Foremost Chess Instructor (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as chess)
avg rating 3.89 — 676 ratings — published 2003
Mastering Chess Strategy (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as chess)
avg rating 4.60 — 48 ratings — published 2010
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Chess for Kids)
by (shelved 114 times as chess)
avg rating 4.08 — 537 ratings — published 1998
Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games: Improve Your Chess by Studying the Greatest Games of All time (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as chess)
avg rating 4.35 — 212 ratings — published 1998
Modern Chess Strategy (Paperback)
by (shelved 110 times as chess)
avg rating 4.05 — 245 ratings — published 1971
Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as chess)
avg rating 4.59 — 76 ratings — published 2015
Garry Kasparov on Fischer: My Great Predecessors, Part IV (Hardcover)
by (shelved 106 times as chess)
avg rating 4.42 — 260 ratings — published 2005
The Seven Deadly Chess Sins (A British Champion discusses the most common causes of disaster in chess)
by (shelved 106 times as chess)
avg rating 4.36 — 164 ratings — published 2000
“It was like when you make a move in chess and just as you take your finger off the piece, you see the mistake you've made, and there's this panic because you don't know yet the scale of disaster you've left yourself open to.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
“When you see a good move, look for a better one”
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