Thursday, January 7, 2010

Bargain shopping (and help USCF)

USCF is selling shopworn copies of the following great books here:

Follow this link to see the shopworn books (Below, I've included links to the books on Amazon for comparison purposes):

These great books from the Kasparov series are strongly recommended for serious players:

Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 2
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 3
Garry Kasparov on Fischer: Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 4
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 5
Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part Two: Kasparov vs Karpov 1975-1985
Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part Three: Kasparov v Karpov 1986-1987

Here are some more classics:

Russians versus Fischer
Attack with Mikhail Tal
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy: Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch
Nunn's Chess Openings
Excelling at Chess

And these great beginner books:

Play Winning Chess
Winning Chess Endings
Winning Chess Strategies
Winning Chess Brilliancies
Winning Chess Combinations
Winning Chess Tactics, revised
Modern Chess Self-Tutor (by David Bronstein: strongly recommended!)

There are a bunch of good openings books, too, notably from the Starting Out and Dangerous Weapons series.

If you're on a budget, this is a great way to fill holes in your library

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