What are some of the great middle game chess books?
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There are lots of whole game collections. "My best games" by any world champignon.
@sparkaks6207 said in #1:
> What are some of the great middle game chess books?
Try Reuben Fine's _The Middle Game in Chess_, Jeremy Silman's _How to Reassess Your Chess_, or A.S. Suetin's _A Contemporary Approach to the Middle Game_.
> What are some of the great middle game chess books?
Try Reuben Fine's _The Middle Game in Chess_, Jeremy Silman's _How to Reassess Your Chess_, or A.S. Suetin's _A Contemporary Approach to the Middle Game_.
Bobby Fischer's My 60 memorable games
Chess strategy for club players, by herman grooten
My Best Games -- (2 volumes, available as one), Alexander Alekhin,
My Life and Games -- Mikhail Tal,
Chess, 5334 Combinations, Puzzles and Games -- Lazlo Polgar
Any book by Judit Polgar, usually great.
Any book on Pillsbury or Morphy,
Going classical,
Anything by GM David Bronstein, Especially Zurich 1953, and 200 Open Games, by Bronstein,
125 Selected Games, Vasily Smyslov,
Any book by GM Samuel Reshevsky,
Book on or by Fischer, Robert J.,
Anything by Irving Chernev.
Hope that helps as a place to start !
Also highly recommend Alexey Suetin.
My Life and Games -- Mikhail Tal,
Chess, 5334 Combinations, Puzzles and Games -- Lazlo Polgar
Any book by Judit Polgar, usually great.
Any book on Pillsbury or Morphy,
Going classical,
Anything by GM David Bronstein, Especially Zurich 1953, and 200 Open Games, by Bronstein,
125 Selected Games, Vasily Smyslov,
Any book by GM Samuel Reshevsky,
Book on or by Fischer, Robert J.,
Anything by Irving Chernev.
Hope that helps as a place to start !
Also highly recommend Alexey Suetin.
Modern Chess Strategy by Ludek Pachman, Play Like A GM by a Kotov, Three Steps To Chess Mastery by A Suetin, The Art of Defence in Chess by A Soltis, Positional Decision Making in Chess by Boris Gelfand & Plan To Attack by Gary Lane
Simple Chess, by Michael Stean.
Pawn Power in Chess by Kmoch
Endgame strategy by Shereshevsky is about endgames, but will also improve your middle game skills
Endgame strategy by Shereshevsky is about endgames, but will also improve your middle game skills
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