chess books

ddbarnhardt

Only Chess

19 Jan 05 11:23

ddbarnhardt

Joined: 25 Aug 04
Moves: 5080

19 Jan 05 11:23

just wanting to improve my game and am looking for good tools to help. any suggestions, books or not, would be helpful.

martinbeaver

Joined: 23 May 03
Moves: 2097

19 Jan 05 12:28

search this forum for the word books and you'll find a lot of threads with some good recommendations.
to start you off i'd suggest buying 'chess tactics for beginners' by Convekta which is a software program

DualSpace

Toronto

Joined: 22 Oct 04
Moves: 7885

20 Jan 05 07:16

I'm not kidding, that 'My System' by Nimzovitch, is STILL the best book to get you into 'ideas' and out of move-by-move stuff. Reading that book will improve your rating from 1100 to 1600 (OTB), easy. It will give you a foundation for how to look at the board and get through openings without a manual.

Saint Nick

Pimp of the elves

San Diego, CA

Joined: 17 Mar 04
Moves: 65429

20 Jan 05 07:23

"My System" is good. I think "Reassess Your Chess" by Silman was better though 😛

Marinkatomb

wotagr8game

tbc

Joined: 18 Feb 04
Moves: 61941

23 Jan 05 08:52

Originally posted by Saint Nick
"My System" is good. I think "Reassess Your Chess" by Silman was better though 😛

Great book, his language is far too scientific though. Great book all the same, a real joy to read 🙂