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Chess Bibliography
What are the best chess books of all time? Here are our recommendations of chess classics. From your About Chess Guide.

Chess Bibliography - Compare Prices
Compare prices for our list of recommended chess classics especially chosen for the beginning and intermediate player.

Chess Book Classics : Old and New
Looking for a recommendation on a chess book? We have our own list of classics, a list of Book of the Year award winners, and a few others.

Top Picks : Popular Chess Books (2005-2006)
Top Picks : Popular Chess Books (2005-2006) • This is the third edition of our annual look at what's hot in the world of chess books.

Award Winning Chess Books
The chess books listed here have all won a prestigious Book of the Year award from at least one of the following chess book reviewers: British Chess Federation (BCF), ChessCafe.com, Fred Cramer / Chess Journalists of America (CJA). Click any title to compare prices for that particular recommendation.

Prolific Chess Writers
Like most subjects, chess has its honor roll of prolific writers. We looked at a few sources of book information and derived a list of chess writers who have produced more than their fair share of book titles.

Google Print Search: chess
'How does Google Print work? • When we find a book whose content contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. Click a book title and you'll see the page of the book that has your search terms.'

Batsford Chess
Chrysalis Book Group, UK • 'Batsford is one of the world's leading publishers of Chess Books. Within this area you will find books for every level of Chess player, from beginner to advanced.' • Use the search to find all titles.

Cardoza Publishing
New York, NY • 'A huge selection of titles with topics ranging from basic play to advanced strategies and theories. Our philosophy is to bring you the best quality chess books from the top authors and authorities in the chess world.' • Click on the 'Chess' button.

Chess Channel
Middlesex, UK • Offers online videos which explain chess openings. The service is not free, but all videos have a sample trailer. Requires a download. • 'Watch and listen to the best chess shows ever produced – including classic videos and TV shows originally released by GM Video, and now digitally re-mastered!'

Chess Informant
Belgrade, Serbia • Site of the well known chess publisher : Informant, ECO, and more. • 'The most valuable from all the important competitions in the world selected, systematized and made accessible to chess players.'

ChessCentral (Pickard & Son)
Wylie, TX, USA • Books, downloads, and software. Become a member (no cost!) to get loads of free articles, games, and art. • 'A complete line of chess software from precision chess playing software engines from Germany to chess training software from the unparalleled coaches of Russia.'

ChessChamps.com
'Garry Kasparov’s official website supporting ‘My Great Predecessors’ - his series of books about the great chess players of past and present.'

Chessco (Thinkers' Press)
Davenport, IA, USA • 'Thinkers' Press has been publishing chess books since 1973. Some of the earlier titles were published under the name Chessco, our retail mail order business from 1967. We have reason to believe we are the second largest mail order chess business in the United States.'

ChessVideo.com
Brick, NJ, USA • 'The world's largest publisher and distributor of instructional chess videos for the home-video market (accounting for over 90% of the world's English language instructional chess video content for the home market).' • Star-studded list of authors and contributors.

Everyman Chess
London, England, UK • 'The world's leading chess book publisher. On this site you'll find books by some of the greatest names in chess including, Garry Kasparov, Yasser Seirawan, and John Watson' • Downloadable catalog.

Gambit Publications
London, England, UK • 'A dedicated chess book publisher, whose aim is to produce a select range of quality chess books aimed at players of all levels. The company was founded by three chess players, GMs Nunn and Chandler, and FM Burgess.'

Hardinge Simpole Publishing
Aylesbeare, Devon, England • 'Our mandate is to rescue from oblivion any worthwhile publication by the pen of an acknowledged master of chess writing and to give an opportunity to talented writers who have found it difficult to get into print.'

McFarland Chess
Jefferson, NC, USA • 'A leading U.S. publisher of scholarly, reference and academic books. McFarland publishes books that can be found in libraries worldwide.' • Chess is listed under 'Sport & Leisure'.

Moravian Chess Publishing
Olomouc, Czech Republic • Historical works, mainly reprints. Many titles are from the 19th century.

Olms Chess
Georg Olms Verlag AG, Hildesheim, Germany • Some modern books and many reprints of historical works. • Click 'Suche / Search' then use 'Titelstichwort' = schach or chess.

John G. White Collection
The largest collection of chess literature in the world. Housed at the Cleveland Public Library. Has an online catalog.

Van der Linde - Niemeijeriana Collection
The second largest collection of chess literature in the world. Housed at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB; Royal Library); The Hague. Has an online catalog.

Anderson Chess Collection
State Library of Victoria, Australia. 'One of the three largest public chess collections in the world. This collection contains over 12,000 items including books, tournament reports, magazines and pamphlets.'

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