Comments are extremely didactic, with many words and few variations. The famous book of the 1953 Candidates Tournament, won by Smyslov, has analysis of all games and is a fantastic way to improve our understanding of the game. Candidates Tournament – Zurich 53 (Bronstein) Or, better yet, compare Bobby’s analysis with Kasparov’s, published in Volume 4 of the “Great Predecessors” series.Ĥ. It is interesting to compare the analysis of Fischer, made in the late 60’s, with powerful modern analysis engines. In addition to been written by one of the best chess players of all time, the book has an extremely honest selection of games – both losses and draws are included. I’m lucky to have a Portuguese version in my library. My 60 Most Memorable Games (Bobby Fischer)Ĭlassic of classics. All books from this series are recommended! I have three in my library and I can say that many positions are interesting even to grandmaster level.ģ. The theoretical exposition is always short and the reader is asked to solve a series of exercises. It addresses all important issues for chess development and places emphasis on the most important: decision-making. In my opinion this Yusupov series revolutionized the study of chess players from basic to intermediate levels. Yusupov Collection (Build / Boost / Chess Evolution)

Some positions can lead even grandmasters to tears, such the degree of difficulty. My favorites are volumes 1 (about endgame play – it contains spectacular positions that showed me, when I studied as a teenager the old version of the book, how chess can be complex) and 2 (tactics, including my favorite position: Tal – Portisch). Collection School of Chess Excellence (Dvoretsky)Įxcellent collection, composed of 5 books, aimed at advanced players (above 2300 FIDE rating).

Choosing the best is already very difficult, let alone put them in order of importance.ġ. The order in which the books appear in this article is random and does not reflect a ‘ranking’. My list actually represents the books I read and that helped to shape my personality as a player. I decided to re-edit the article, including six works which in my opinion are the most appropriate to help his training.Ĭhess is a subject in which l lot has been written and obviously a list of the best works is very personal.

The theme is so important that led me to record an Online Lecture exclusively on the best chess books ever written.Īt the time I wrote a simple article with the list of those I considered the seven best books in the history of chess. I often receive questions from chess players of various levels on which are the best books to study chess.

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