Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 03:02:26 07/25/03
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On July 25, 2003 at 05:26:15, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On July 25, 2003 at 01:24:11, Rupesh wrote: > >> I am thinking of building a library of chess books. Will be indeed grateful if >>people pitch in with their opinion: >> >>Till now i have decided on the following books: >> >>1. Think Like a GrandMaster (Kotov) >>2. Middle Games Strategies: Advances Since Nimzowitch ( Watson) >>3. Ideas Behind Chess Openings ( Reuben Fine) >>4. Zurich 1953 (bronstein) >>5. My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937 (Alekhine) >>6. Seven Deadly Chess Sins (Rawson) >>7. My Great predecessors ( Kasparov) >>8. Fundamental Chess Endings Karsten Muller >>9. Reassess your chess Silman >> >>I think i have almost completed my list. I would like to know the books i am >>missing out. Please bear in mind that i am looking to build the library for a >>reasonably advanced chess player ..that is a player of elo 2000 (fide) >> >>Amitesh > >Notably absent are some of the most important books one can have in their chess >library (assuming your objective is to become as strong as possible): Tactical >quiz books. One of the best tactical quiz books is "Test Your Tactical Ability", by Yakov Neishtadt. I also created a test suite from 138 of the positions in the book (Diagrams 241 to 378): http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/~davoudo/pubs/neishtadt.zip >Which ones you should get depends on how strong you are.
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