What is the best book for intermediate to advanced level chess players?

Question

Some good ones I own are:

My System - by Nimzovitch

Morphy's Games of Chess - by Sergeant

The Immortal Games of Capablanca - by Reinfeld

I used to own "Winning Chess Combinations" by Tal, but I cannot find a copy at a reasonable price. Suggestions? (I am unrated, but play am best challenged by players in the 1600 - 1800 USCF rating level). Thanks.

Answer 1

"Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" opened up a whole new way of looking at the game for me.

Answer 2

Google search "matrix chess" and "bernard parham".

Answer 3

Hi,

     Just click on my web page - link below?  Click on 'C' and scroll down to 'Books'.  I hope this is helpful for you.

Yours,

Chesmayne.

Answer 4

It might sound stupid but I'm serious.

The best book is one you'll actually read and study.

Answer 5

Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy--John Watson (great!)

Learn From the Grandmasters--ed by Raymond Keene

Chess Endings Essential Knowledge--Yuri Averbakh

Tarrasch's Best Games of Chess--Fred Reinfeld

Smyslov's Best Games 1937-1957--Vassily Smyslov (my favorite player)

The Life & Games of Mikhail Tal--Mikhail Tal (great!)

Fighting Chess--Garry Kasparov

(Well, pretty much anything by Kasparov--especially the books of his world championship matches with Karpov.   Personally, I never got that much out of Nimzovich.  But Morphy is great--and also Capablanca.  You might want to check out his games collection by Golombek--not sure how much duplication there is with the Reinfeld.)

Answer 6

The next book I am buying is called the Art of attack. It deals strictly with the middle game. I do not know how much it can help you as I around a 1400-1450 player.

Answer 7

my dad usually gets the plays off the net, he's a big chess player, at the moment chess judge

I'll ask him and reedit it, but just search chessgames on the net, he made a hudge collection by it