Modern classic offers thorough, systematic analysis of the use of the queen, active king, exchanges, seven different uses of pawns, minority attack, dynamic elements, much more. Analyses of 129 great games featuring Capablanca, Alekhine, Lasker, Botvinnik, Reshevsky, Bronstein, Smyslov, Spassky, other masters. Indexes of games and openings. 298 diagrams.
Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters by Fred Reinfeld Noted authority analyzes and annotates 50 games: Steinitz vs. Lasker (1889), Capablanca vs. Janowski (1918), Alekhine vs. Marshall (1927), Botvinnik vs. Tartakower (1936), many more.
How to Play the Chess Openings by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky Clear, profound examinations of just what each opening is intended to do and how opponent can counter. Many sample games.
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 by David Bronstein All 210 games from the greatest tournament since World War II. Smyslov, Bronstein, Keres, Reshevsky, Petrosian, 10 others; perceptive annotations by Bronstein. Algebraic notation. 352 diagrams.
A Guide to Chess Endings by Max Euwe, David Hooper One of the finest modern works on chess endings. Thorough analysis by former world champion. 331 examples, each with diagram.
How Not to Play Chess by Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky Developing plans of action based on positional analysis: weak and strong squares, control of open lines, pawn structure, more. 20 problems.