When I was a kid, PCs weren’t that widespread yet, so books were our #1 choice when it came to chess studies. Of course, innovative technologies speed up the process of learning chess, but the old methods shouldn’t be totally neglected too. That’s why some of the books that I liked during my childhood are admired by me now not less than contemporary chess software.
The saying “a man is what he eats” can be applied to chess literature too – swallow a second-rate scribble written for the sake of earning easy money, and you may not only waste a lot of time, but form wrong perceptions of the game, its principles and players. On the contrary, some writers put soul into their books and try to do their best to help the readers increase their chess level and (importantly) gain pleasure during the process.
Thanks to the Internet and my home library, I have access to a few hundred chess volumes. Based on the popularity of such discussion topics as “what chess book should I read?” or “is this one any good?”, I decided to present toyou a short list of my favorite chess books. Here it goes:
M. Dvoretsky - all his books, not just the one pictured above
V. Bologan - "Steps"
S. Rublevsky - "64 lessons of mastership"
A. Panchenko - "Theory and practice of chess endings"
A. Karpov - "My best chess games"
E. Bareev, I. Levitov - "Notes of the chess second" (aka "From London to Elista")
N. Shumilin - "Chess problems"
D. Bronstein - "The Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953"
G. Kasparov - "My great predecessors"
B. Fischer - "My 60 memorable games"
Have a great time reading these awesome books!
P.S. I tried to translate the titles of the books as accurately as possible, and understand that, unfortunately, some of the volumes may not be available in English. However, if you search hard you may find them. Anyway, even by looking through a Russian version of the book you will learn a lot – remember that Bobby Fischer himself mastered Russian for the sake of reading Soviet chess books and magazines!
Comments (11)
1. Written by одноглазый любитель on 16:13 01 июня 2009 г.
Осмелюсь заступиться за Г.Лисицина "Стратегия и тактика шахматного искусства"
3. Written by Peter Zhdanov on 19:38 01 июня 2009 г.
Миша, спасибо за дополнение!
Заступаться вряд ли стоит, здесь же никого не обижали, только советовали наиболее любимых авторов. У меня вот список был бы несколько иным, но это дело вкуса и квалификации.
4. Written by Алексей on 07:57 04 июня 2009 г.
Книга Бронштейна великолепна ! Остальное, увы, либо читал отрывками, либо не читал вовсе. Но набор книг очень интересен.
5. Written by
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on 01:00 05 июня 2009 г.
You have to read The King by Hein Donner. It\'s by far the best book about chess i\'ve read. greetings.
6. Written by rait on 14:52 18 июля 2009 г.
А Нимцович? или он для начинающих?
7. Written by Natalia on 14:57 18 июля 2009 г.
Нимцович не для начинающих, но он и так у нас с советского времени входит в "обязательную программу".
8. Written by
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on 23:47 28 октября 2009 г.
hi im fond of reading books..pls give me some more advice..id be thankful.. for your davice..thank you so much..im willing to listen..
9. Written by Бетрезен on 17:12 05 декабря 2009 г.
Жаль , что в списке не нашлось места "Аналитическим и критическим работам" М.М.Ботвинника ( или хотя бы трехтомнику его творчества - авт.-сост. Батуринский )
10. Written by Natalia Pogonina on 19:13 05 декабря 2009 г.
Список далеко не полный, указывались книги, которые оказали наибольшее влияние на меня. А комментарии для того и нужны, чтобы его расширять, делиться советами.