Originally posted by clandarkfire
can anyone recomend some really good reading?

Yes:🙂

NO::'(

Maybe:🙄

🙂 = yes.
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[PUZZLE BOOKS]

"1001 Winning chess sacrifices and combinations"
by Fred Reinfeld

"1001 Brilliant Ways to checkmate"
by Fred Reinfeld

"Chess Tactics for Champions: A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way"
by Susan Polgar
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[NON-PUZZLE BOOKS]

"How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess-Mastery Course"
by Jeremy Silman

"The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery"
by Jeremy Silman

"Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14" (McKay Chess Library)
by Nick De Firmian
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I recommend maybe getting "1001 Winning chess sacrifices and combinations" & 1 or both of Jeremy Silman's books first. Sometimes library has them. You should check. Good luck! 🙂

-- Paul