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The best little chess book ever?

The best little chess book ever?

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What book would you reccamend to a person who is interested in chess but a little insecure and curious to learn theory?

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Originally posted by QueenoftheFae
What book would you reccamend to a person who is interested in chess but a little insecure and curious to learn theory?
Depends on what the person's level of experience is. For a beginner/relative newcomer, I would recommend D. Brine Pritchard's The Right Way to Play Chess.

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I haven't read either of these books, but have both on order at Barnes and Noble right now. Everybody recommends these two books.
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev
The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Ruben Fine

perhaps someone else can comment on them.

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Originally posted by BLReid
I haven't read either of these books, but have both on order at Barnes and Noble right now. Everybody recommends these two books.
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev
The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Ruben Fine

perhaps someone else can comment on them.
I haven't read Chernev's book either, but I think Fine's book is excellent (especially for an intermediate player like me). OTOH, a lot of RHP members have also recommended Gabor Kallai's Basic Chess Openings and More Basic Chess Openings.