
The Complete Chess Course by Fred Reinfeld Through the years, I added more of Reinfeld's books. From checks, mate, attacking threats, forks, opening moves, mid-game and end-game play, Reinfeld explains the game in language that anyone can comprehend. A good basic guide for a beginner which does a wonderful job of explaining the basic strategies involved in playing a winning game. How to Be a Winner at Chess by Fred Reinfeld This is the book that first helped me playing better chess. I have tried to indicate which system the following books use. It is recommend you become comfortable with both. Most books today are written using the latter, but some of the books below use the former.
Here are some I have, or want to get - some relatively easy for beginners, some more advanced for the serious "chess nuts."Ī word about Chess Notation - there are two methods, the older Descriptive notation, which decribes each players play from their perspective and the newer Algebraic notation which gives each square of the board an address.
There are countless books on playing Chess.