A number of new chess books have come out in 2008. Some are good, some are so so. In your opinion, what are some of the best chess books of the year so far?
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Any book from Mr. Eric Schiller is fine with me.
“How I destroyed Chess.” By Goichi, Slaoni, MoterHead, Laugherty, Roberti, and the Devil.
I actually started to buy chess DVDs instead of books.
My first chess book was by Schiller. I burned it 2 years later.
I think Hertan’s Forcing Chess Moves makes a good candidate…
Dvortsky’s book came out in 2006, not 2008. In 2008, good ones are:
“How to play chess endgames”, by Muller and Pajeken
“Practical Endgame Play” by Grivas
Maybe MCO-15.
And I’m looking forward to “100 Endgames You Must Know” by De La Villa. It is by New in Chess, and all of their books seem to be top notch.
Jud McCranie said…
Dvortsky’s book came out in 2006, not 2008. In 2008,
Thank you Capt. Obvious! 🙂
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Anonymous said…
I’m interested to know what is the best endgame book out there.
What chess needs is a moderm version of Ruben Fine’s The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings. I viewed John Watson’s Mastering the Chess Openings volume I and was thoroughly dissapointed. Maybe we need a GM or Kasparov to do it.
for openings i liked garys last book revolution in the 70’s and for end games dvortskys books are very strong.
Any book from Mr. Pandolfini is fine with me.
Chess Bitch is ok. Should be in every bitches collection.
Comment about Dvortsky’s Endgame Manual, second edition (2006). The second edition puts the important material in a faint blue color that is extremely difficult to read. The first edition has it in a somewhat darker blue that doesn’t strain the eyes, and there isn’t a whole lot of difference between the two editions.
True Lies in Chess by Lluis Comas Fabrego ( Dec 2007)
From London to Elista: The Inside Story of the World Chess Championship Matches That Vladimir Kramnik Won Against Garry Kasparov, Peter Leko and Vesilin Topalov by Evgeny Bareev, Ilya Levitov, Sarah Hurst, and Jimmy Adams
American Grandmaster: Four Decades of Chess Adventures Joel Benjamin
My Best Games (Progress in Chess) by Anatoly Karpov
Second the notion on Hertan’s book. It reminds me very much of Van Perlo’s endgame tactics book (also a must). Hertan’s book is far from a typical puzzle book.
I think Gary Lanes books are good.
So are books of famous players games like Capablanca etc.
“How to Make Friends” by Irina Krush.
“‘Aw Come on!’: the true story of the downed Rook and flying King” by Irina Krush. Forward by Mike Tyson.
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