My chess book collection
A carefully hand-picked collection of physical, paper version chess books that I own and red covers to covers. I only reward myself with buying and ordering another book when I finish reading one. That’s the reason why there are not many of them. Not anymore, it all changed after receiving The Soviet Chess Primer who looks like a long, boring book to complete. So I’ve decided to try puzzle books to see if I can get something useful out of it.
A Perfect choice for a your first chess book. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A very good choice for a beginner chess noob as I was/am when reading it. The over 800 Elo part is also beginner friendly and instructive. An enjoyable and easy to read book that I recommend to every beginners and beyond.
Now owning..
This book was the breeder of world champions like Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in the Soviet Chess School. But I do not recommend it for a beginner since it doesn’t looks particularly fun to complete. Yes, you have to play the position on a chess board while studying this book. Not for me yet!
Recommended by every chess expert for good reasons. Laszlo Polgar is probably the greatest chess trainer who ever lived. He turned his three daughters into chess prodigies at a time when chess when women was an activity exclusively reserved to men. Read more…
Recommended in the chessdojo program. Full of puzzles about how to take material in an efficient way during a game.
A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario
A book describing the 30 most important principles of chess with examples took from more than 60 Paul Morphy’s chess games. The kind of book that I will enjoy reading. By the way, I have completed Polgar Bible first 306 puzzles out of 5334 and 166/759 puzzles from the fantastic . I really enjoy doing these puzzles and exercices from a physical book with pen and paper. A surprisingly good learning method for me. I love chess books.
Probably my next ones?.
As Capablanca would attest, endgame is the most important part of the game.
“In order to improve your game, you must study the endgame before everything else. For whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and opening must be studied in relation to the endgame” – Capablanca
This one will be a long ride, 530 pages of Chess endgame from beginner to Master.
A book recommended by many legit chess YouTubers for good reason. The games were commented by Bobby Fischer himself, explaining his reasoning behind the moves he did during those memorable games. For those who don’t know, Bobby Fischer is one of the top 3 greatest chess players of all time. The two others being Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen.