Questions concerning chess literature.
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Best chess theory books for beginners
What are the best chess books regarding theory and such for beginners?
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“The Art of Planning in Chess: Move by Move” by Neil McDonald review?
I am reading the "Move by Move" books and was curious if anyone had read "The Art of Planning in Chess: Move by Move" by Neil McDonald? If so, can you write a simple review on it?
I currently have ...
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Best book with several annotated games by top GMs with the Dutch
I'm looking for annotated games by top GMs featuring the Dutch defense. These could be in a book with lots of other non-Dutch games. Unfortunately Botvinnik's "Botvinnik: One Hundred Selected Games" ...
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Which classic chess books are in the public domain?
While looking through Project Gutenberg I noticed that Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is there (I believe that should mean it is in the Public Domain). I was also able to find Modern Ideas in Chess ...
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Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess - Visual Teaching of Chess
I have severe dyslexia which means that for the majority of chess books I find it very difficult to accurately read games (although having a board does help). My favorite chess book when I was younger ...
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Where can I find a large collection of random chess positions?
Does anyone know where it is possible to find a large number of chess positions in PNG, JPEG or any other image format? Quality, colour, size does not matter. The only thing that matters is that I'd ...
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Can a chess book (or ebook) have too many diagrams?
It is considered that diagrams make chess books easier to read, but there are obvious space limitations to how many of them can be included - mostly in printed books. An ebook has less of a concern ...
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Is there a good example of a paper chess book converted to an ebook?
With Epub, or other ebook formats, one can take advantage of the format and do things that are difficult to do in a paper book. Hyperlinking, extra diagrams, more page breaks - what else? Most books ...
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Is there a good book on the 1927 Capablanca-Alekhine world championship match?
To disambiguate what I mean by the shorthand "good" in the question's title:
Is there an English-language book that tells the story of the 1927 world championship match between Capablanca and ...
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Specialized tactics books to improve position analysis?
I know that Mig Greengard used to have the VisualEyes column in Chess Ninja. In that column you were given a position and then a list of moves (say 3 or 4 moves forward) and then you were asked to ...
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Did any authors ever try to adopt Hans Kmoch's pawn structure terminology?
In response to an earlier question, I mentioned the 1959 book Pawn Power in Chess by IM Hans Kmoch. One of the book's most well-known aspects it that it introduced a glut of less-than-useful ...
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Is there a reason why books don't encode board positions (FEN) in QR-Codes? [closed]
I enjoy reading a book of chess on the outside, with my iPhone (and Stockfish) to explore situations. However, I spend too many time setting up the board manually. So here's a crazy idea ...
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Dr. John Nunn vs Irving Chernev's “Logical Chess Move by Move”
I have the book "Logical Chess Move by Move" by Irving Chernev and personally I find it to be a great book especially for beginners, but I heard that GM John Nunn has really criticized the book. This ...
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What is the book containing this puzzle with an unexpected answer?
(To best of my recollection) In the book a diagram was given with the side note something like X vs Y, 1920 or 1930 Morocco or some other place with the question "what did black do?"
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