books needed!!!!!!!

can anyone out there on RHP suggest some good opening and theory books so that i can attempt to improve my game? any suggestions welcome thanks!😀

i really love Mike Basman's Chess Openings book. It doesn't bombard you with a whole ton of variations but instead is based on concepts.
He then goes through a recommended small selection of openings for white and black including the queens gambit, nimzo indian, morra gambit, guiocco piano, sicilian etc. Traditional openings but with (relatively) easy to grasp ideas.
If your after a more modern overview then Kallai's 2 volume basic chess opening books are very good though they have quite a number of variations that need to be played through for each opening and it's up to you to decide which openings you will play.

I'd also recommend Seirawan's Winning Chess Openings for an easy to read opening compendium though he doesn't go into much depth on each opening but just covers the main lines for a few moves. But it is well written.

I have yet to try Fine's Ideas Behind The Chess Openings but it's meant to be very good.

I would recommend the Winning Chess Series by GM Yaz Seirwan & IM Jemery Silman. These seem to be good basic books to get a player started in the right direction.

Take care 🙂

thanks for the ideas guys. i was looking on amazon.com and saw the book A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire by Aaron Summerscale GM. Looked alright to me, any comments?? thanks again!

Originally posted by martinbeaver
i really love Mike Basman's Chess Openings book. It doesn't bombard you with a whole ton of variations but instead is based on concepts.
He then goes through a recommended small selection of openings for white and black including the queens gambit, nimzo indian, morra gambit, guiocco piano, sicilian etc. Traditional openings but with (relatively) easy to grasp ideas.