Chess Books That Should Be Reprinted

A Listmania! list by C. Dunn "independent thinker" (Austin, TX USA)
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1.  Winning Chess: How To See Three Moves Ahead by Irving Chernev
C. Dunn says:
  "The best chess book ever! Teaches tactical combinations in the most effective way."
Used & New from: $20.00
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 26 (26)

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2.  My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
C. Dunn says:
  "One of the best game collections ever. Fischer's annotations are instructive for all levels of players. There was controversy over the reprint, but both editions are hard to obtain cheaply."
Used & New from: $117.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars 15 (15)

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3.  Essential Chess Endings: The Tournament Player's Guide by James Howell
C. Dunn says:
  "(Available!)Or Silman's Essential Chess Endings Explained Move by Move, or Griffiths' Endings in Modern Theory and Practice."
Used & New from: $22.50
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars 6 (6)

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4.  Impact of Genius: Five Hundred Years of Grandmaster Chess by Richard E. Fauber
C. Dunn says:
  "Reprinted recently, but hard-to-find now. This has far more 19th Cent.games than Dev.ofCh.Style, incl. Labourdonais! Interesting perspective on players' styles."
Used & New from: $72.70
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 4 (4)

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5.  March of Chess Ideas: How the Century's, The: Greatest Players Have Waged the War Over Chess Strategy (Chess) by Anthony Saidy
C. Dunn says:
  "Wonderful book. A very fun read. Interesting. And in Algebraic Notation. A good companion to Fauber, as the overlap is minimal. Chapters on Bronstein and Tal, and emphasis on later players."
Used & New from: $105.94
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 2 (2)

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6.  Morphy Chess Masterpieces by Fred Reinfeld
C. Dunn says:
  "Or David Lawson's Morphy, The Pride and Sorrow of Chess. Or Shibut's PM & Evol.of Chess Theory. Sargeant's collection of Morphy games is not well-annotated."
Used & New from: $13.69

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7.  The Fireside Book of Chess by Irving Chernev
C. Dunn says:
  "Another gem by Chernev (with Reinfeld, who was a less consistent author). Fun stories to read at the fireside. Also, Reinfeld's Human Side of Chess (aka Great Chess Masters and Their Best Games)."
Used & New from: $4.49
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars 6 (6)

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8.  Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games: Improve Your Chess by Studying the Greatest Games of All time, from Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal' Game to Kramnik Versus Kasparov 2000 by Graham Burgess
C. Dunn says:
  "(Reprinted!)Great book. Intermediate to advanced annotations. Wonderful selection of games. Interesting commentary ahead of each one. Instructive game summaries. And cheap!"
$11.16   Used & New from: $4.78
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars 29 (29)

9.  WHAT'S THE BEST MOVE?: THE CLASSIC CHESS QUIZ BOOK THAT TEACHES YOU OPENINGS WITH NO MEMORIZING OF MOVE (Fireside Chess Library) by Larry Evans
C. Dunn says:
  "A useful way for intermediate players to learn openings. Instead of memorizing move sequences, use this book to train yourself to see (and avoid) subtle tactics,and to improve your position gradually."
Used & New from: $2.45
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 2 (2)

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10.  Winning Chess Traps (Chess) by Irving Chernev
C. Dunn says:
  "A top ten chess book, wonderful for improving players under 1500. Maybe it will be converted to algebraic notation? Hardly matters for such short games."
Used & New from: $5.00
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 out of 5 stars 11 (11)

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11.  Invitation to Chess by Irving Chernev
C. Dunn says:
  "A classic for novices, but I guess the birds-eye chessboard photos would have to be re-shot."
Used & New from: $0.01
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 5 (5)

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12.  Masters of the Chessboard by Richard Reti
C. Dunn says:
  "436 pages; a bargain when it was in print. There are other books like this (Euwe, Fine, Fauber,...) but many players enjoy Reti's annotations."
Used & New from: $7.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.2 out of 5 stars 6 (6)

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13.  RUSSIAN CHESS (Fireside Chess Library) by Bruce Pandolfini
C. Dunn says:
  "Pandolfini's 2nd best (after his best-selling endgame book), this is a perfect follow-up to Chernev's Logical Chess, being similar but slightly more advanced. Very entertaining!"
$12.95   Used & New from: $2.00
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 2 (2)

14.  Smyslov's 125 Selected Games by Vasily V. Smyslov
C. Dunn says:
  "(Reprinted!)Not only the best Smyslov collection, but a wonderfully well annotated one. Hopefully, Everyman will put out a new edition."
Used & New from: $50.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars 3 (3)

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15.  The Test of Time (Russian Chess) by Garry Kasparov
C. Dunn says:
  "Great games. Great annotations. For very advanced players."
Used & New from: $25.00
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 out of 5 stars 3 (3)

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16.  Point Count Chess by I. A. Horowitz
C. Dunn says:
  "I'm told that this book has some great instruction on assessing the merits of a position. A great early-intermediate book."
Used & New from: $19.68
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 1 (1)

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17.  Larsen's selected games of chess, 1948-69; by Bent Larsen
C. Dunn says:
  "An under-rated collection of Larsen, by Larsen."
Used & New from: $39.90

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18.  Grandmaster Meets Chess Amateur (Batsford Chess Library) by Steve Davis
C. Dunn says:
  "Short, but instructive and very amusing. Master v. Amateur games are the best way to learn, and humor never hurts. The level of advice here is similar to Sadler's Tips for Young Players."
Used & New from: $3.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 (2)

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19.  Mastering the King's Indian Defense (A Batsford Chess Book) by Robert Bellin
C. Dunn says:
  "For club players, few books on openings are worth the paper they're printed on. This one is superlative, like the others (with Ponzetto) on the Spanish and the Benoni/Benko."
Used & New from: $45.94
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars 3 (3)

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20.  Chess Openings: Theory And Practice by I. A. Horowitz
C. Dunn says:
  "Best openings manual for the intermediate player ever. Not just key variations, but also plans, traps, ideal set-ups, typical board positions, and sample games. Plenty of verbiage."
Used & New from: $4.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 17 (17)

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21.  The Middlegame in Chess by Reuben Fine
C. Dunn says:
  "This IS the reprint, but there are so many typos that it needs to be reprinted again."
Used & New from: $3.14
Average Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars 10 (10)

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22.  The Art of Positional Play (Chess) by Samuel Reshevsky
C. Dunn says:
  "Ditto. Fire Burt Hochberg and fix the damn typos!"
Used & New from: $6.22
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 10 (10)

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23.  The Genesis of Power Chess: Effective Winning Technique for Strategy and Tactics by Leslie Ault
C. Dunn says:
  "This would be the next level past Pandolfini. The right way to teach positional ideas to advanced beginners."
Used & New from: $40.50
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 5 (5)

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24.  Road to Chess Mastery by Max Euwe
C. Dunn says:
  "Excellent followup to Chess Master v. Chess Amateur. This book has the master playing against Class B up to Expert, with every move explained in detail. Also, ideas in the openings."
Used & New from: $14.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 out of 5 stars 4 (4)

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25.  Chess Secrets I Have Learned from the Masters by Edward Lasker
C. Dunn says:
  "A delightful book, full of anecdotes, biography, autobiography, chess tips, and of course games. Ed Lasker had contact with dozens of masters through the decades of his career. And he loves chess."
Used & New from: $1.94
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 (3)

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