Award Winning Chess Books

Winners of 'Book of the Year' Awards

(Last update October 2005) Looking for a good chess book? How about a great chess book? The books listed below 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; joint award with Chess Journalists of America (CJA) since 2002

Click any title to read reviews and compare prices for that particular recommendation. Books go in and out of print frequently. If your selection isn't available today, try again at a later date.

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Aagaard, Jacob • Excelling at Chess • ChessCafe Award 2002

Anand, Vishy • My Best Games of Chess • BCF Award 1998

Bronstein, David & Tom Furstenberg, • The Sorcerer's Apprentice • BCF Award 1996

Burgess, Graham • The Mammoth Book of Chess • BCF Award 1997

Denker, Arnold • The Bobby Fischer I Knew & Other Stories • Cramer Award 1996

Dvoretsky, Mark • Secrets of Chess Training • BCF Award 1991

Hilbert, John • Essays in American Chess History • Cramer Award 2002

Hilbert, John • Napier: The forgotten chessmaster • Cramer Award 1998

Hilbert, John • Shady Side: The Life and Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker • ChessCafe Award 2000

Hilbert, John • Young Marshall • Cramer Award 2003

Hooper, David and Kenneth Whyld • The Oxford Companion to Chess • BCF Award 1993

Kasparov, Garry • My Great Predecessors, Part I • BCF Award 2003

Kasparov, Garry • Kasparov on Fischer : My Great Predecessors, Part IV • BCF Award 2005

Khmelnitsky, Igor • Chess Exam and Training Guide • Cramer Award 2005

Korchnoi, Victor • My Best Games (Games With White) • BCF Award 2001

Muller, Karsten & Frank Lamprecht • Fundamental Chess Endings • BCF Award 2002

Nunn, John • John Nunn's Best Games • BCF Award 1995

Nunn, John • Understanding Chess Move by Move • ChessCafe Award 2001

Nunn, John and Peter Griffiths • Secrets of Grandmaster Play • BCF Award 1988

Sadler, Matthew • Queen's Gambit Declined • BCF Award 2000

Schultz, Don • Chessdon • Cramer Award 2000 (memoirs)

Silman, Jeremy and Pal Benko • Pal Benko : My Life, Games, and Compositions • BCF Award 2004, ChessCafe Award 2004, Cramer Award 2004

Skinner, Leonard M. and Robert G. P. Verhoeven • Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946 • Cramer Award 1998

Soltis, Andrew • Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion • BCF Award 1994

Soltis, Andrew • Soviet Chess 1917-1991 • Cramer Award 2000 (historical)

Stohl, Igor • Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces • Cramer Award 2001

Watson, John • Chess Strategy in Action • ChessCafe Award 2003

Watson, John • Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy (Advances Since Nimzowitsch) • BCF Award 1999, Cramer Award 1999

Winter, Edward • Capablanca : A Compendium • BCF Award 1989

Yermolinsky, Alex • The Road to Chess Improvement • Cramer Award 2000 (instructional)