Chess Books


Bent Larsen: Master of Counter-Attack: Larsen's Games of Chess, 1948-69Bent Larsen: Master of Counter-Attack: Larsen's Games of Chess, 1948-69
Best Price: $198.16
This is an autobiographical collection of games from one of the great chess fighters of the...
Winning with the Smith-Morra Gambit (Batsford chess book)Winning with the Smith-Morra Gambit (Batsford chess book)Learn Chess With Garry Kasparov: World ChampionLearn Chess With Garry Kasparov: World Champion
Best Price: $46.23
Written by the world's greatest chess player, the series of 24 lessons takes the reader...
Think Like a Chess Master: PlanningThink Like a Chess Master: Planning
Best Price: $48.41
The Complete ViennaThe Complete Vienna


My 60 Memorable GamesMy 60 Memorable GamesYour Chess Questions AnsweredYour Chess Questions Answered
Best Price: $3.00
I enjoyed this book. The trouble with recommending it is that I don't know who would benefit...
The Scotch Game (Batsford Chess Opening Guides)The Scotch Game (Batsford Chess Opening Guides)
Best Price: $95.00
This is one of the best opening books I own. The introduction provides useful information about...
Aron Nimzowitsch: A ReappraisalAron Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal
Best Price: $90.76
First let me say that this is a book for intermediate to advanced chess players. Beginner or...
My Best Chess Games, 1929-76My Best Chess Games, 1929-76
Best Price: $143.94


The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess StrategyThe Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played: 62 Masterpieces of Chess Strategy
Best Price: $6.13
Easily one of the best books ever written. This is one of the first books I purchased over 30...
101 Questions on How to Play Chess (Dover Chess)101 Questions on How to Play Chess (Dover Chess)
Best Price: $0.34
Fred Wilson's 101 QUESTIONS ON HOW TO PLAY CHESS is an explanation of the basics of the game...
Chess Openings for the Average PlayerChess Openings for the Average Player
Best Price: $48.76
I disagree with the previous reviewer who claims this book suffers from too many typos, etc. ...
Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders (Dover Chess)Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders (Dover Chess)
Best Price: $5.84
I like this book, and at its new Dover edition price, it is a good buy (a very real...
How to Play ChessHow to Play Chess
Describes chess and its moves, detailing the basic strategy for the beginning, middle, and end...

S & S Pocket Book of ChessS & S Pocket Book of Chess
Describes the game of chess, from the basic moves to strategies for attack and defense, with...
Korchnoi's Four Hundred Best GamesKorchnoi's Four Hundred Best GamesHow to Play the Caro-Kann Defence (How to Play)How to Play the Caro-Kann Defence (How to Play)Mastering the FrenchMastering the French
Best Price: $289.50
Everytime I go to the various websites and I read reviews online and on print of...
The Magic of Mikhail Tal (Everyman Chess)The Magic of Mikhail Tal (Everyman Chess)
Best Price: $10.95
Joe Gallagher does a great job on this book which is a follow-up of Tal's "Life and...

Concise Chess: The Compact Guide for BeginnersConcise Chess: The Compact Guide for Beginners
Best Price: $2.49
The first half of this book is a very good primer for a complete novice. It explains not only...
Chess Duels: My Games with the World ChampionsChess Duels: My Games with the World Champions
Best Price: $18.69
Wonder what it's like to play a World Champion? Wonder no longer. Yasser does a fantastic...
King's Indian Defense:  Bayonet AttackKing's Indian Defense: Bayonet Attack
Without a doubt one of the richest positions in chess is the position that occurs in the...
The Complete Torre AttackThe Complete Torre Attack
Best Price: $11.95
Akiba Rubinstein: The Later YearsAkiba Rubinstein: The Later Years
Chronicles the second half of this great Polish Grandmaster's life. This volume contains 513...

The Middlegame - Book I : Static Features (Algebraic Edition) (Bk. 1)The Middlegame - Book I : Static Features (Algebraic Edition) (Bk. 1)
Best Price: $15.84
(NOTE: For some reason Amazon sells te two volumes of this book--"Static" and...
How to Create CombinationsHow to Create Combinations
Best Price: $19.98
Big Book of Busts Pb (Competitive Chess)Big Book of Busts Pb (Competitive Chess)
Best Price: $35.00
Victor Bologan: Selected Games 1985-2004Victor Bologan: Selected Games 1985-2004
Best Price: $18.48
For those who are not very familiar with the author, Victor Bologan (born 1971) is a grandmaster...
The Giuoco piano (Batsford chess library)The Giuoco piano (Batsford chess library)
Best Price: $18.70
The Giuoco Piano is the first opening that most chess players learn and has proved fertile...

The World Chess Championship: Karpov/Kasparov Moscow 85The World Chess Championship: Karpov/Kasparov Moscow 85Meet the Masters (Essay index reprint series)Meet the Masters (Essay index reprint series)
Arguably the strongest tournament of all time was AVRO 1938, held in The Netherlands. This...
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: ? The Original Trial of Caryl ChessmanBeyond a Reasonable Doubt: ? The Original Trial of Caryl Chessman
Best Price: $77.95
Right Way to Play ChessRight Way to Play Chess
Best Price: $122.05
In this tenth revised version, D.B. Pritchard draws new inspiration from the latest developments...
Baroque Chess Openings, Or, How to Play Your Betters at Chess and on Occasion WinBaroque Chess Openings, Or, How to Play Your Betters at Chess and on Occasion Win
Best Price: $87.96
'That many a chessplayer below Master rank has the power, through changing his style, to...

Better Chess-How to PlayBetter Chess-How to Play
Non-fiction: games
Winning Chess Tactics IllustratedWinning Chess Tactics Illustrated
Best Price: $96.60
This book offers an entertaining way to test your skills and train yourself with 300 positions...
The Art of ChessThe Art of ChessChinese Chess: An Introduction To The OpeningsChinese Chess: An Introduction To The Openings
Best Price: $18.50
An OK book for those just beginning to play; but if you're looking for any kind of in-depth...
Chess Personalia: A BiobibliographyChess Personalia: A Biobibliography
Best Price: $49.95
This is the best (and only so far as I know) work out there listing chess player names, and...

Chess Facts And FablesChess Facts And Fables
Best Price: $45.00
Historiographical analysis. (L) I would like to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of...
The Complete GrunfeldThe Complete Grunfeld
Best Price: $61.24
The Polgar Sisters: Training or Genius? (Batsford Chess Library)The Polgar Sisters: Training or Genius? (Batsford Chess Library)
Best Price: $43.72
The Polgar sisters' upbringing is a unique and fascinating topic. Even for those with...
The Complete Book of Gambits (Batsford Chess Library)The Complete Book of Gambits (Batsford Chess Library)
Best Price: $14.95
From a historical standpoint, this is a good book. There are a few Gambit lines that are covered...
Winning With the Closed Sicilian (Batsford Chess Library)Winning With the Closed Sicilian (Batsford Chess Library)
Best Price: $8.99
The beauty of the Closed Sicilian is that someone with only a little knowledge can play the...

The Leningrad Dutch (Batsford Chess Library)The Leningrad Dutch (Batsford Chess Library)
Best Price: $11.00
Published in 1993 with over 130 pages, I have yet to face a player who has followed the move...
Chess for Absolute Beginners (Batsford Chess Library)Chess for Absolute Beginners (Batsford Chess Library)
Best Price: $5.95
This is an okay book that will teach you very basic things about chess wouldn't recomend
Winning With the Fischer-Sozin Attack (Batsford Chess Library)Winning With the Fischer-Sozin Attack (Batsford Chess Library)
Best Price: $12.00
I think that this book is highly reccomended to all players who don't like to simply win a...
Winning Endgame Technique (Batsford Chess Library)Winning Endgame Technique (Batsford Chess Library)
Best Price: $24.88
Two leading grandmasters study a variety of typical practical endgame situations. They provide...
Three Moves Ahead: What Chess Can Teach You about Business (Even If You've Never Played)Three Moves Ahead: What Chess Can Teach You about Business (Even If You've Never Played)
Best Price: $29.94
In today?s fast-moving Information Age, traditional business-planning tools are rapidly becoming...

How to Play Chess (Classic Reprint)How to Play Chess (Classic Reprint)
Best Price: $8.08
HOW TO PLAY CHESS CIIAPTER I· INTRODUCTION The game of Chess originated in India about five...
The Middle Game In ChessThe Middle Game In Chess
Best Price: $26.16
***This review pertains to the out-of-print Dover edition*** Eugene Znosko-Borovsky's...
Standard Chess Openings, 2nd EditionStandard Chess Openings, 2nd Edition
Best Price: $14.16
I applaud and respect Mr. Schiller for his devotion and the hard work that he evidently put...
Survive & Beat Annoying Chess OpeningsSurvive & Beat Annoying Chess Openings
Best Price: $8.69
I normally do not like openings manuals, but if you must have one, this is a better choice than...
The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes (...And How To Avoid Them!)The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes (...And How To Avoid Them!)
Best Price: $2.75
I reject the oft implied notion that each chess book should be judged by how many Elo points you...

How Good Is Your Chess?How Good Is Your Chess?
Best Price: $5.70
This is an awesome book. It's very straight forward...100 different positions from REAL...
The Game and Playe of the Cheese (Middle English Texts)The Game and Playe of the Cheese (Middle English Texts)
Best Price: $13.00
The Everything Chess Book (Everything)The Everything Chess Book (Everything)The Right Way to Play ChessThe Right Way to Play Chess
Best Price: $45.94
I had been playing chess very occassionally and with absolutely no instruction for some time,...
Delights of Chess (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)Delights of Chess (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)
Best Price: $26.95
I learned about the book through a friend who is an aspiring chess player. At first, I...

World Chess Championship: Botvinnik to Kasparov (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)World Chess Championship: Botvinnik to Kasparov (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)
Best Price: $29.79
The history of the World Chess Championship continues in this volume with the epic struggles...
Mikhail Tal: the shooting star of chessMikhail Tal: the shooting star of chess
Best Price: $20.15
Morphy, Charousek, Pillsbury, Fischer... the history of chess is illuminated by shooting stars...
The Games of Robert J. Fischer (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)The Games of Robert J. Fischer (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)
Best Price: $38.50
The ultimate games anthology: every game by the legendary Bobby Fischer up to and including his...
Nimsowitsch / Larsen AttackNimsowitsch / Larsen Attack
Best Price: $14.32
The Nimzowitsch/Larsen attack (1 b3 ) is one of the most interesting and most flexible opening...
Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)
Best Price: $24.47
Taking critical openings as his standpoint - the Ruy Lopez - Queen's Gambit - English...

New York International Chess Tournament 1924New York International Chess Tournament 1924
Best Price: $27.64
First published in 1925. Few tournaments can boast not only the presence of the past, present...
Grandmaster TacticsGrandmaster Tactics
Best Price: $50.22
Ray Keene was the first British player ever to gain a World Chess Federation Grandmaster result...
The City of London Chess Club Championships 1890-1939The City of London Chess Club Championships 1890-1939
Best Price: $19.99
From Middlegame Into EndgameFrom Middlegame Into Endgame
Best Price: $11.95
I owe the late GM Edmar Mednis and this book a great deal of gratitude: when I was taking my...
How To Choose A Chess MoveHow To Choose A Chess Move
Best Price: $12.43
One of the most difficult aspects of chess learning I have faced in my chess studies is to get a...

Chess Choice Challenge 2Chess Choice Challenge 2
Best Price: $4.50
A new, completely revised edition of the classic chess quiz book. Grandmaster Chris Ward...
Mastering Checkmates (Batsford Chess Book)Mastering Checkmates (Batsford Chess Book)
Best Price: $20.00
This is a great book for the intermediate player to understand checkmates in GM games. There are...
Rocking the Ramparts: A Guide to Attacking ChessRocking the Ramparts: A Guide to Attacking Chess
Best Price: $240.53
I am a USCF chess expert who loves good chess books. This giant book is a true classic. ...
Batsford Book of Chess Records (Batsford Chess Books)Batsford Book of Chess Records (Batsford Chess Books)
Best Price: $2.47
A long-overdue book on the records, from the trivial to monumental, set in the chess world. From...
Improve Your Chess in 7 DaysImprove Your Chess in 7 Days
Best Price: $8.66
In "Improve Your Chess in 7 Days", International Master and Australian Chess Champion...

Play Winning ChessPlay Winning Chess
Best Price: $34.99
This book is the best modern primer on chess available. Yasser Seirawan writes with the...
Winning Chess EndingsWinning Chess Endings
Best Price: $14.98
Quite simply, the absolutely best endgame book on the market today. ALL my students love it. I...
Internet-Linked Complete Book of Chess (Internet-Linked Reference)Internet-Linked Complete Book of Chess (Internet-Linked Reference)
A guide to chess for players of all ages and abilities, written with the input of Grand Master,...
Killer Grob (Pergamon chess openings)Killer Grob (Pergamon chess openings)The Killer Grob (Pergamon Chess Series)The Killer Grob (Pergamon Chess Series)
Best Price: $35.95
None other than three-times world champ Botvinnik had a high opinion of the young Basman in the...

Attacking the KingAttacking the King
One copy
Chess for Tomorrow's Champions (Oxford Chess Books)Chess for Tomorrow's Champions (Oxford Chess Books)
Best Price: $54.95
Fifth in a series of instructional books on chess playing, this one draws heavily on exposition...
A New EraA New Era
Best Price: $10.94
This review is combined in my other reviews and writing and can be found on my web site...
Treasure Chess: Trivia, Quotes, Puzzles, and Lore from the World's Oldest GameTreasure Chess: Trivia, Quotes, Puzzles, and Lore from the World's Oldest Game
Best Price: $3.20
...when an author admits that "my scribblings are detestable and without redeeming value,...
Chess for Fun and Chess for BloodChess for Fun and Chess for Blood
Best Price: $19.27
This is a fun book, not just the part entitled 'Chess for fun'. For the one year when I...

The Bright Side of ChessThe Bright Side of ChessCombinations: The Heart of Chess (Dover Chess)Combinations: The Heart of Chess (Dover Chess)
Best Price: $6.00
This book is a pleasure to read. Chernev has a flair for description and he can really pick out...
Dynamic ChessDynamic Chess
Best Price: $95.10
This is a very interesting and well written book on chess. It shows the evolution of many...
The Magic of Mikhail Tal (Everyman Chess)The Magic of Mikhail Tal (Everyman Chess)
Best Price: $10.95
Joe Gallagher does a great job on this book which is a follow-up of Tal's "Life and...
Concise Chess: The Compact Guide for BeginnersConcise Chess: The Compact Guide for Beginners
Best Price: $2.49
The first half of this book is a very good primer for a complete novice. It explains not only...

Chess Duels: My Games with the World ChampionsChess Duels: My Games with the World Champions
Best Price: $18.69
Wonder what it's like to play a World Champion? Wonder no longer. Yasser does a fantastic...
King's Indian Defense:  Bayonet AttackKing's Indian Defense: Bayonet Attack
Without a doubt one of the richest positions in chess is the position that occurs in the...
The Complete Torre AttackThe Complete Torre Attack
Best Price: $11.95
Akiba Rubinstein: The Later YearsAkiba Rubinstein: The Later Years
Chronicles the second half of this great Polish Grandmaster's life. This volume contains 513...
The Middlegame - Book I : Static Features (Algebraic Edition) (Bk. 1)The Middlegame - Book I : Static Features (Algebraic Edition) (Bk. 1)
Best Price: $15.84
(NOTE: For some reason Amazon sells te two volumes of this book--"Static" and...

How to Create CombinationsHow to Create Combinations
Best Price: $19.98
Big Book of Busts Pb (Competitive Chess)Big Book of Busts Pb (Competitive Chess)
Best Price: $35.00
Victor Bologan: Selected Games 1985-2004Victor Bologan: Selected Games 1985-2004
Best Price: $18.48
For those who are not very familiar with the author, Victor Bologan (born 1971) is a grandmaster...
  
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