books

Originally posted by jcandance
does anybody have good suggestions for books for beginners?

Read Larry Evans.
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Originally posted by jcandance
does anybody have good suggestions for books for beginners?

My System by A. Nimzovitch(spelling?) is good and gives the basics,

Originally posted by jcandance
does anybody have good suggestions for books for beginners?

If you're an absolute beginner, The Idiot's Guide to Chess is excellent (seriously).

Other books I can recommend not quite absolute beginners:

The Amateur's Mind - Silman
Reassess Your Chess - Silman
Understanding Chess Move by Move - Nunn
The Ideas Behind The Openings - Reinfeld
1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations - Reinfeld
1001 Brillian Ways To Checkmate - Reinfeld
Modern Chess Openings - de Firmian (for opening lines)

Get yourself a chess program like Fritz that can analyze your game and tell you where you're going wrong.

And use the Net - there's an enormous amount of free info out there.

Have fun,

Paul.