Prolific Chess Writers

(December 2004) Like most subjects, chess has its honor roll of prolific writers. These are authors who have written much about the game, mainly in chess books and chess magazine columns. On this page, we list book writers. We looked at a few sources of book information and derived a list of chess writers who have produced a whopping share of chess book titles.

Since our list was produced on writer's surname, you will see two names each representing more than one writer : Lasker and Polgar. We decided to leave these names on our list to flag that there might be some confusion about who has written what.

Click any writer's name to read reviews and compare prices for that author. If you're not sure where to start, we've listed one title for each author that we think is representative of the author's work. Books go in and out of print frequently. If your selection isn't available today, you might want to try again at a later date.

Don't forget : Quantity is no guarantee of quality. Before you buy a particular book, read the reviews for that book and for the author's other books and make sure that it's exactly what you wanted.

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Aagaard, Jacob • Excelling at Chess

Alburt, Lev • Comprehensive Chess Course

Alekhine, Alexander • My Best Games of Chess (two volumes)

Alexander, C.H.O'D (Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander) • Learn Chess

Averbakh, Yuri • Chess Endings Essential Knowledge

Avni, Amatzia • Danger in Chess

Barden, Leonard • How Good Is Your Chess?

Burgess, Graham • The Mammoth Book of Chess

Capablanca, Jose • Chess Fundamentals

Chernev, Irving • Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played

Dvoretsky, Mark • School of Chess Excellence

Emms, John • Most Amazing Chess Moves of All Times

Euwe, Max • Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur

Evans, Larry • Modern Chess Brilliancies

Fine, Reuben • The World's Great Chess Games

Golombek, Harry • Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess

Gufeld, Eduard • Chess Strategy

Harding, T.D. (Tim) • Winning at Correspondence Chess

Hartston, William • Teach Yourself Better Chess

Horowitz, I.A. (Israel Albert; Al) • Chess Traps, Pitfalls and Swindles

Howard, Kenneth • Enjoyment of Chess Problems

Karpov, Anatoly • Karpov on Karpov

Kasparov, Garry • My Great Predecessors

Keene, Raymond • Chess: An Illustrated History

King, Daniel • How Good Is Your Chess?

Korn, Walter • The Brilliant Touch in Chess

Lasker • Emanuel Lasker; Lasker's Manual of Chess • Edward Lasker; Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood

Levy, David • How Computers Play Chess

Livshitz, August • Test Your Chess IQ

Lombardy, William • Modern Chess Opening Traps

McDonald, Neil • Modern Chess Miniatures

Nottingham, Ted • The Children's Book of Chess

Nunn, John • Understanding Chess Move by Move

Pachman, Ludek • Modern Chess Strategy

Pandolfini, Bruce • Bobby Fischer's Outrageous Chess Moves

Polgar • Laszlo Polgar; Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games • Susan Polgar; A World Champion's Guide to Chess

Pritchard, D.B. (David Brine) • Encyclopedia of Chess Variants

Purdy, C.J.S. (Cecil John Seddon) • Extreme Chess

Reinfeld, Fred • The Complete Chess Course

Robertie, Bill • Winning Chess Tactics

Schiller, Eric • Unorthodox Chess Openings

Seirawan, Yasser • Play Winning Chess

Silman, Jeremy • How to Reassess Your Chess

Soltis, Andrew • The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Century, Ranked

Walker, John • 64 Things You Need to Know in Chess

Wilson, Fred • 303 Tricky Chess Tactics