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Are you just starting to find your way in the fascinating world of chess? Or perhaps you want to brush up on your skills? Either way, these are the books for you. They offer expert advice that reduces the mystique of chess strategy into simple-to-understand concepts.
Recommendations... |  |  Lasker's Manual of Chess
by Emanuel Lasker
Combinations, position play, openings, end game, aesthetics of chess, philosophy of struggle, much more. Filled with analyzed games. 308 diagrams.
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Products in Chess for Beginners | | |  | 101 Questions on How to Play Chess
by Fred Wilson
Easy-to-follow, question-and-answer format explains the most basic rules and essentials of play, but also offers advice on opening, combinations, middle- and end-game strategies, notation, castling, and other topics. Over 100 diagrams.
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|  | The Art of Checkmate
by Georges Renaud, Victor Kahn
All mating situations in basic classification, how tactics adjust to each. 127 games analyzed. 80 quiz examples, answers.
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|  | Chess Strategy
by Edward Lasker
One of a half-dozen great theoretical works in chess, shows principles of action above and beyond moves. Acclaimed by Capablanca, Keres, and other greats.
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|  | Combinations: The Heart of Chess
by Irving Chernev
Step-by-step explanation of intricacies of combinative play. 356 combinations by Botvinnik, Keres, Capablanca, others, all annotated. 356 diagrams.
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|  | How Not to Play Chess
by Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky
The author shows how to avoid playing a hit-or-miss game from move to move and instead develop a general plan of action based on positional analysis. Includes 20 problems from master games.
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|  | How to Play the Chess Openings
by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
An International Grandmaster focuses on purpose and plan rather than memorization, explaining how to avoid amateur mistakes and classic traps. Requires only knowledge of fundamental rules and ordinary chess notation.
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| |  | Killer Chess
by Dover
Three great books — Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders, How Good Is Your Chess?, and Why You Lose at Chess — and a travel-sized magnetic chess set.
 WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
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| | Lasker's Manual of Chess
by Emanuel Lasker
Combinations, position play, openings, end game, aesthetics of chess, philosophy of struggle, much more. Filled with analyzed games. 308 diagrams.
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|  | Pawn Power in Chess
by Hans Kmoch
Profoundly original book demonstrates how basic relationships of one or two pawns constitute winning strategy. Multitude of examples illustrate theory. 182 diagrams. Index of games.
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|  | Simple Chess: New Algebraic Edition
by Michael Stean
Written by a Grand Master, this guide isolates basic elements and illustrates them through Master and Grand Master games, breaking down the mystique of strategy into easy-to-understand ideas.
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