Books, Recommended and Otherwise

As best I can recall, here are the books I've read, am currently reading, or thought about reading but won't:

Completely Finished

I've read these books cover to cover. I've listed them in an order that I might recommend a new player to read:

Chess for Dummies - James Eade

Logical Chess Move by Move - Irving Chernev

Winning Chess Tactics - Yasser Seirawan

1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners - Masetti and Messa

The World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book - Dan Heisman

Chess Endgame Training - Bernd Rosen

Simple Chess - Michael Stean

The Amateur's Mind - Jeremy Silman

Rapid Chess Improvement - de la Maza

Partially read but plan to finish:

Ordered in terms of books I'd like to finish first.

1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players - Frank Erwich

Understanding Chess Move by Move - Nunn

Practical Chess Exercises - Ray Cheng

Capablanca's Best Chess Endings - Irving Chernev

Winning Chess Exercises for Kids - Jeff Coakley

Silman's Complete Endgame Course - Silman

Starting Out: The Caro-Kann - Joe Gallagher

Build Up Your Chess Book 1 - Artur Yusupov

Chess Structures - Mauricio Flores Rios

Kasparov v Karpov - Kasparov, Geller, Lein, Chepizhny

Best Games of the Young Grandmasters - Craig Pritchett and Danny Kopec

100 Endgames You Must Know - Jesus de la Villa

My System - Nimzowitsch

The Woodpecker Method - Axel Smith and Hans Tikkanen

Partially read but probably never will:

Chess Tactics for Students - Bain

5334 Chess Problems - Polgar

Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals - Capablanca



Would like to obtain and/or read:

How to Reassess Your Chess - Silman

See post about chess TODOs