Chess

Chess is an abstract strategy board game that involves no hidden information and no elements of chance. These books may make you an expert!

“Sometimes a Pawn is enough to change the whole game and those who ignore the importance of it, are liable to lose their Queen.”

– Sandeep Sharma

Updated May 15, 2024
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The Queen of Katwe : a story of life, chess, and one extraordinary girl's dream of becoming a grandmaster
Crothers, Tim.
Paper Book
Based on 'The Queen of Katwe', a finalist for a National Magazine Award and included in Dave Eggers' The Best American Nonrequired Reading, this is the true story of a female prodigy from the Ugandan slum of Katwe Phiona Mutesi sleeps in a mud hut with her mother and siblings...
794.1092 M982yc 2016
What Chess Coaches Don't Tell You
Doknjas, John
Paper Book
Are you a parent of a junior chess player who feels that because you don't know how to play chess, you can't help your child? Or are you an adult or junior chess player who has taken private chess lessons for years, but feels you haven't been progressing? In...

794.1 Doknjas 2023

The chess player's bible : illustrated strategies for staying ahead of the game
Eade, James
Paper Book
Master the ancient art of chess, the game of kings. Now, novice players can learn quickly and at a glance the key techniques and classic moves of the chess masters. This edition includes basic and advanced tactics, combinations, sacrifices, pawn structures, and annotated illustrations to help...

794.12 Eade 2015

Chess for dummies
Eade, James.
Paper Book
Proven tactical tips to strengthen your game Your quick and easy guide to the rules, strategies, and etiquette of chess Kings, queens, knights - does chess seem like a royal pain to grasp? This friendly guide helps you make the right moves. From using the correct terms to...
794.1 Ea22
The Caro-Kann: the Easy Way
Engqvist, Thomas
Paper Book
An informative guide to understanding and implementing the fundamentals of the Caro-Kann, the easy way. The Caro-Kann defence, named after the German chess players Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann, is notorious for its simple solidity and is a popular chess opening that players of all levels...
794.122 Enqvist 2023
Chess : a celebration of 2,000 years
Finkenzeller, Roswin
Paper Book
794.12 F4955
The Oxford history of board games
Parlett, David
Paper Book
For thousands of years, people have been planning attacks, captures, chases, and conquests - on a variety of different boards designed for an astonishing diversity of games. Today the compelling mix of strategy, skill, and chance is as strong as ever; new board games are invented almost daily, while...
794.09 Parlett 2018
The right way to play chess
Pritchard, D. Brine
Paper Book
Since its first publication in 1950, The Right Way to Play Chess has taught chess to generations of beginners, taking them to the standard expected of good club players. It gives full details of exactly how to play the game, explains basic theory and includes many examples of...
794.12 P939
Seven games : a human history
Roeder, Oliver
Paper Book
Checkers, backgammon, chess, and Go. Poker, Scrabble, and bridge. These seven games, ancient and modern, fascinate millions of people worldwide. In Seven Games, Oliver Roeder charts their origins and historical importance, the delightful arcana of their rules, and the ways their design makes them...
794.09 Roeder 2022
How to win at chess : the ultimate guide for beginners and beyond
Rozman, Levy
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Learn chess from International Master and YouTube's top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in this refreshing and fun guide for beginner and intermediate players. Clever and informative, How to Win at Chess teaches you everything...
794.12 Rozman 2023
100 endgames you must know : Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player
Villa, Jesús de la
Paper Book
This is a new and improved edition of an all-time classic! The good news about endgames is that there are relatively few endings you should know by heart and that once you know these endings, that's it. Your knowledge never goes out of date! The bad news is that, all the same, the...
794.124 Villa Garcia 2023
The amazing book of chess learn to play the world's most popular game of skill
Williams, Gareth.
Paper Book
794.1 W672

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