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- S. Tarrasch
"The Game of Chess"
- level: beginner - weak club player
- 270 pages
- It's, probably, the book #1 for advanced beginners and weak
amateurs. It covers endings (first), tactics (second), and opening play (at last). The
final part has some not very complicated games with the detailed explanations of Siegbert
Tarrasch (he was called "the instructor of chess world" and had real literary
talent). Remember and use wise advices of one of real chess philosophers, study his
examples - they are very typical and important.
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- Em. Lasker "The
Manual of Chess"
level: beginner - weak club player
- 390 pages, dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x 7.99 x 5.39
- Some sections are of interest for strong amateurs, as
interpret the complex questions of chess philosophy. There are no difficult variants, but
reader can find a lot of useful ideas of general type. The most famous and esteemed work
of Emanuel Lasker.
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- R. Fischer
"Bobby Fischer
Teaches Chess"
- level: beginner
- 352 pages, dimensions (in inches): 0.79 x 6.85 x 4.17
- More than 500 samples. This book of Robert Fisher teaches
the most trivial tricks in tactics (mates first of all). The most of examples gives an
aesthetic effect. Probably, the favorite chess book of kids. The book for raw beginners.
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- J.R.
Capablanca "Chess Fundamentals"
level: beginner - weak amateur
- 144 pages, dimensions (in inches): 0.37 x 8.34 x 5.77
- The book has 6 chapters (from basic mates to openings) and 14 annotated games of
Capablanca.
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Other
Books for Beginners
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- Y. Averbakh,
M.Beylin "The Travelling to the Chess Land"
level: beginner
- available in Russian only
- It's an interesting fact that many young famous chess
players were starting study chess just from this book.
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