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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #31 - 07/26/09 at 10:24:33
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FischerTal wrote on 06/09/09 at 20:15:19:
1 60 memorable games Fischer
2 My System  Nimzovich
3 Botvinniks Analysis and critical Works (3 volumes)
4 tal life and games
5 Most Instructive Games ever played   Chernev
6 New york 1924 Alekhine


The above choice was my historical choice of best books as my chess developed

The best books  to read right now as an experienced reader would be
1. 60 memorable Games
2 BotvinniK Critical works
3 Benko auto biography- areally nicely produced work
4 Capablanca by Winter
5 New york 1924
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #30 - 07/26/09 at 09:21:34
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Crapov wrote on 06/08/09 at 23:05:49:
I'll start with my best 5:

Bronstein: Zurich International 1953
Fischer: My 60 Memorable Games
Soltis: Soviet Chess 1917-1991
Tal: My Life & Games
Burgess et al: The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games


I totally agree with the first two but there is nothing on defence, endings or correspondence chess.

In no particular order

Defence - Secrets of Chess Defence - Marin
Correspondence -64 great Chess games - Tim Harding
Fundamental Chess Endings _Karsten Muller and Frank lamprecht 

I admit I own all the books so far nominated on this thread and they are all special.
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #29 - 07/26/09 at 00:39:23
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In no particular order:

Endgame Manual by Dvoretsky
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal by Tal
How Life Imitates Chess by Kasparov
Positional Play by Dvoretsky/Yusupov
and Alekhine's two volumes on his best games
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #28 - 07/25/09 at 21:19:03
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Just pushed up this thread to see if anybody still liked to vote. Let's give it a week before posting the final list.

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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #27 - 06/28/09 at 16:45:15
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Very surprised that no-one has mentioned Tony Miles - It's Only Me. That would be my #1. Also Morphy's Chess Masterpieces by Reinfeld and someone else, whose name temporarily escapes me.
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #26 - 06/27/09 at 07:42:16
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Bibs wrote on 06/27/09 at 03:57:00:
Chess for Children - Bott and Morrison


That was my first chess book, I remember the cartoons of bishops hooking  knights with a crozier.

Or to illustrate the value of the pieces they had a big set of weighing scales with a piece on one side and its value in pawns on the other
  
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Reply #25 - 06/27/09 at 03:57:00
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Chess for Children - Bott and Morrison
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #24 - 06/26/09 at 22:39:27
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1. My 60 Memorable Games, Fischer
2. Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games 1902-46, Skinner & Verhoeven 
3. Tal-Botvinnik 1960, Tal
4. Zurich 1953, Bronstein
5. The Golden Treasury of Chess, IA Horowitz

The last for sentimental reasons, as it was one of my first chess books, and because I couldn't decide on a 5th choice from among many worthy contenders.
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #23 - 06/26/09 at 16:31:45
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Blokh's "The Art of Combination" is one of the best tactics books around. Tough to find though.
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #22 - 06/26/09 at 16:13:20
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1.  Grandmaster of Chess, Paul Keres 
2.  Practical Chess Endings, Paul Keres
3.  Tal-Botvinnik: The Match for the World Chess Championship, 1960, Mikhail Tal
4.  Marshall's Best Games of Chess, Frank J. Marshall
5.  The Golden Treasury of Chess, I.A. Horowitz
 


(The first is a collection of Keres' games in 3 volumes, edited by Harry Golombek.  It has been reissued two volumes, with minor emendations by John Nunn, Paul Keres: the Road to the Top and Paul Keres: the Quest for Perfection) 

I almost put Bloch's tactics book, to which I often go back.  I share Willempie's regard for Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics, but it didn't make my top five.
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #21 - 06/26/09 at 14:52:31
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So far these books have a vote. 19 members have voted and a wide variety of books:

Aagaard            Attacking Manual 1
Aagaard            Excelling At Chess Calculation
Agur                  Bobby Fischer: His Approach
Alekhine            New York 1924
Ault                  The Chess Tutor
Avrukh            Grandmaster Repertoire 1.d4
Beim                  How To Play Dynamic Chess
Botvinnik            100 Selected Games
Bronstein            Zurich International 1953
Bronstein            The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Bronznik & Terekhin  Techniken des Positionsspiels im Schach
Burgess et al     The Mammoth Book of The World’s Greatest Chess Games
Chernev            Logical Chess Move By Move
Chernev            The Most Instructive Games Of Chess Ever Played
Donner              The King
Dvoretsky            Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual
Dvoretsky            Attack & Defence
Dvoretsky&Yusupov      Positional Play
Euwe                  Practical Chess Lessons
Euwe                  Euwe-Alekhine 1935
Euwe & Kramer      Middlegame I & II
Farnsworth      Pretador At The Chessboard I & II
Fischer            My 60 Memorable Games
Gligoric            The Nimzo-Indian Defence
Hansen            Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy
Hertan            Forcing Chess Moves
Howell            Essential Chess Endings
Karolyi            Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1999-2005
Keene            Flank Openings
Keres            Grandmaster of Chess
Keres            Practical Chess Endings
Khalifman            Openings For White According to Kramnik (Series)
King                  Chess For Dummies
King                  Winning With The Najdorf
Kotov            Think Like A Grandmaster
Larsen            Larsen’s Best Games of Chess
Lipnitsky            Questions Of Modern Chess Theory
Marin            Learn From The Legends
Nimzowitch      My System
Nunn                  Grandmaster Chess Move By Move
Rogozenko      The Sveshnikov Reloaded
Rowson            Chess For Zebras
Shereshevky      Endgame Strategy
Shereshevsky&Slutsky      Mastering the Endgame I & II
Shirov            Fire On Board
Silman            The Amateur’s Mind
Silman            How To Reassess Your Chess
Soltis            Soviet Chess 1917-1991
Tal                  My Life & Games
Tal                  Tal-Botvinnik 1960
Tarrasch            Three Hundred Games Of Chess
Uhlmann            Winning With The French
Van Perlo            Endgame Tactics
Voloktin et al      Perfect Your Chess
Vukovic            Art Of Attack In Chess
Wade & O’Connell      Complete Games of Bobby Fischer
Watson            Chess Strategy In Action
Watson            Play the French (1,2,3)
Webb            Chess For Tigers
Wolff                  The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Chess
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #20 - 06/14/09 at 18:15:33
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Alekhine - My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937
Bronstein - Zurich International 1953
Reshevsky - Art of Positional Chess
Kasparov - Test Of Time
Tartakover - 500 Master Games Of Chess
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #19 - 06/12/09 at 03:34:03
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Just to clarify a few things:

parisestmagique: Kurt Richter: Aventures et mésaventures en milieu de jeu
I can find no trace of this book. Are you sure it's the one?

TonyRo: Tal’s Best Games.
Are you referring to the book by the man himself called "Life & Games of M. T." or are you referring to the books by Clarke or Cafferty called "Tal's Best Games" or maybe some other work?
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #18 - 06/10/09 at 19:21:16
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1. Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1999-2005 (Karolyi)
2. Sveshnikov Reloaded (Rogozenko)
3. Learn from the Legends (Marin)
4. How to Play Dynamic Chess (Beim)
5. Attack and Defence (Dvoretsky)
  
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Re: Chesspub members best chess books
Reply #17 - 06/10/09 at 18:34:19
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1.My 60 most memorable games
2.1.d4 Grandmaster repetoire
3.Chess strategy in action
4.The amateurs mind
5.Excelling at chess calculation
  
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