Chess Books

Now that everyone has recovered from the shock of Dr.Brain posting in the chess only forum and the laughter has died down.

I am planning on buying a book to help improve my shaky chess skills.(There they go again laughing their butts off)

I know this has been discussed but missed that thread.Tried searching for it but erm,yes well.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Johan
(Thinking he should have done this 2 years ago)

Originally posted by Dr. Brain
Now that everyone has recovered from the shock of Dr.Brain posting in the chess only forum and the laughter has died down.

I am planning on buying a book to help improve my shaky chess skills.(There they go again laughing their butts off)

I know this has been discussed but missed that thread.Tried searching for it but erm,yes well.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Johan
(Thinking he should have done this 2 years ago)

Originally posted by Phlabibit
101 Questions on how to play chess by Fred Wilson

How to be a winner at chess by Fred Reinfeld

They both pretty much cover the basics. If you know all that these books have to offer you will be playing some very strong chess.

Jeremy Silman's 'Reasess your chess' and 'Amature's Mind' both are great for coming up with middlegame plans.

Vukovic's 'Art of Attack' is awesome for learning how to attack and defend.

Bryan

thanks Bryan!

Me too, just wanted to thank the Brainster for saving me the embarrassment of asking exactly the same question - thanks for the pointers gentlemen