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Chess Literature Books
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My 60 Memorable Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,433 ratings — published 1969
Modern Chess Openings (McKay Chess Library)
by (shelved 2 times as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.08 — 576 ratings — published 1972
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.51 — 783 ratings — published 1978
How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,322 ratings — published
How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as chess-literature)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,108 ratings — published 2001
La Joueuse d'échecs: Prix Hervé Bazin 2026 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.06 — 16 ratings — published
S'entraîner aux échecs: 100 tests pour gagner (Eyrolles Pratique)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2015
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 (Dover Chess)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.44 — 471 ratings — published 1956
My System: FastTrack Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.88 — 8 ratings — published
Chess Opening Essentials (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.14 — 7 ratings — published 2010
Chess Opening Essentials (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.60 — 10 ratings — published 2009
Chess Opening Essentials 2: 1.d4 d5 / 1.d4 Various / Queen's Gambits (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.24 — 17 ratings — published 2009
Chess Opening Essentials: The Ideas & Plans Behind ALL Chess Openings, The Complete 1. e4 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 3.72 — 25 ratings — published 2007
Understanding Chess Middlegames (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.01 — 93 ratings — published 2011
FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.23 — 366 ratings — published 2009
The Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.07 — 674 ratings — published 1998
The Woodpecker Method (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.34 — 140 ratings — published
Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins (Audio CD)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 3.87 — 3,620 ratings — published
Soviet Chess Primer (Chess Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.32 — 142 ratings — published 1936
Study Chess with Tal (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.53 — 49 ratings — published 2013
Chess Evolution 1 (Yusupov's Chess School)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.59 — 54 ratings — published 2011
Build up your Chess 1: The Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.56 — 169 ratings — published 2007
Everyone's Second Chess Book (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.11 — 99 ratings — published 2000
Combinations: The Heart of Chess (Dover Chess)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.27 — 41 ratings — published 1967
Understanding Chess Move by Move (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.23 — 363 ratings — published 2001
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Chess for Kids)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.08 — 560 ratings — published 1998
Chess Tactics for Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.05 — 132 ratings — published
The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,106 ratings — published 1995
The Art of Planning in Chess: Move by Move (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 3.98 — 46 ratings — published 2006
Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,894 ratings — published 1957
Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.40 — 968 ratings — published 2006
Road to Chess Mastery (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.23 — 57 ratings — published 1966
Playing the Caro-Kann: A Counter-Attacking Repertoire (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.75 — 8 ratings — published 2021
Play the Caro-Kann (Everyman Chess)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.14 — 21 ratings — published 2007
Les secrets de la stratégie moderne aux échecs: Les avancées depuis Nimzowitsch (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
Opening Repertoire: The Caro-Kann (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.42 — 19 ratings — published 2015
How Not to Play Chess (Dover Chess)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 3.84 — 81 ratings — published 1949
Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition (Dover Chess)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.47 — 314 ratings — published 2003
Secrets of Practical Chess (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 3.98 — 66 ratings — published 1998
My Best Games (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.49 — 82 ratings — published 2001
Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.21 — 70 ratings — published 1966
Le Grand Livre De L'histoire Des Échecs (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2001
White King And Red Queen: How the Cold War Was Fought on the Chessboard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 3.59 — 128 ratings — published 2008
Les Échecs : Roi des jeux, jeu des rois (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published
The King's Indian Defence: Move by Move (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 3.92 — 12 ratings — published
Smerdon's Scandinavian (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.07 — 29 ratings — published 2015
Opening Repertoire: Nimzo and Bogo Indian (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.11 — 9 ratings — published 2015
The Sicilian Scheveningen: Move by Move (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.50 — 10 ratings — published 2012
The Main Line King's Indian (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 1996
Nimzo-Indian: Move by Move (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as chess-literature)
avg rating 3.92 — 25 ratings — published 2011