Best Easy read chess books??

sydsad

Poet

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06 Feb 07 15:42

Wulebgr

Angler

River City

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06 Feb 07 21:01

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
"Art of the Sacrifice," by Renaud and Kahn

I have The Art of the Checkmate by Renaud and Kahn, which is an excellent book. I wasn't aware they had another.

sydsad

Poet

Fågelsången

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06 Feb 07 21:15

Originally posted by Wulebgr
You can still get it:

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&y=0&tn=chess+addict&x=0

Nice thought! I will check out the used book scene but they tend to charge you "a leg and a foot" for shipping to Sweden

AlboMalapropFoozer

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07 Feb 07 00:32

"The Chess Companion" by Irving Chernev
and
"Chessnicdotes-I"
"Chessnicdotes-II"
"Adventures of a Chess Master"
written by George Koltanowski

are all supposed to be highly entertaining reads,

~~chessisvanity~~

THE BISHOP GOD

BOSTON

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07 Feb 07 00:34

Nothing beats....."1001 brilliant ways to checkmate!!"

ericmittens

Rural Ontario

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07 Feb 07 01:18

My favs:

http://www.amazon.com/Logical-Chess-Every-Explained-Algebraic/dp/0713484640
http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Artist-Genius-Obsession-Worlds/dp/0312272936
http://www.amazon.com/Attacking-Chess-Aggressive-Strategies-Champion/dp/0684802503
http://www.amazon.com/Defense-Vladimir-Nabokov/dp/0679727221
http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Tigers-Simon-Webb/dp/0080377882

der schwarze Ritter

Big D

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07 Feb 07 16:39

Originally posted by Wulebgr
I have The Art of the Checkmate by Renaud and Kahn, which is an excellent book. I wasn't aware they had another.

Nice catch -- the book is indeed titled: The Art of the Checkmate.

Wulebgr

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River City

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07 Feb 07 17:22

Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Nice catch -- the book is indeed titled: The Art of the Checkmate.

Thanks. You had me worried, as The Art of the Checkmate is one of the best. I didn't want to miss out on another by this pair.

Teshuvah

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08 Feb 07 02:32

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Thanks. You had me worried, as The Art of the Checkmate is one of the best. I didn't want to miss out on another by this pair.

Well. I researched the book from what I gathered here, and I put it at the top of the to get list. I'll order it the 1st of March.

I couldn't find one negative review on the book.

Those tend to be classics!