Books I currently own (in alphabetical order):
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The Amateur's Mind, by Jeremy Silman
Chessmaster 10th Edition, by Ubisoft (Software)
Chess Tactics, by Paul Littlewood
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess, by Patrick Wolff
Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom, by Eric Schiller
Fritz 10, by Viva Media (Software)
Garry Kasparov Teaches Chess: The Queen's Gambit, by Viva Media (DVD)
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess, by Murray Chandler
Practical Chess Exercises, by Ray Cheng
Silman's Complete Endgame Course, by Jeremy Silman
Winning Chess Openings, by Yasser Seirawan
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Books I want to get (in no particular order):
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Chess Openings, by Michael Basman
My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer
Chess Tactics for Champions, by Susan Polgar
5,334 Problems, Combinations and Games, by Laszlo Polgar
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You're right: those really are totally different books than mine! At least we now can compare notes on them.
Although I did buy Nunn's Learn Chess Tactics I might try to get my hands on Littlewood's book as well. I've heard it's great for beginners and Nunn's book isn't all that easy.
I'll give you my beginners point of view: Work trough Wolff's book first, then start Littlewood's and Chandler's. The last one is about checkmates, so it'll give you a start on endgame training.
It's the same with everyone, you keep buying books above your level.
Silman's book on the endgame and Basman's on the opening are still on my wishlist as well.
Fischer's book for me is like a benchmark: once I can understand that one and learn from it, then I'll know a thing or two about chess. That, however, isn't going to be tomorrow, next week or next month, it may be a couple of years away.
hiddenleaf, yeah we'll definitely have to compare notes. I was so tempted to get a couple books by Nunn but decided they'd probably be above my level. I'd like to know what you think of his books after you've had a while to study them.
It's funny, I guess you're right about how so many chess players seem to buy books that are too advanced for them. Oh well, at least it will save us money when we finally get to a level where they'll be helpful, since we'll already have them.
I'm glad you told me that Fischer's book and annotations are really advanced, then I guess I can put off purchasing that one until my own understanding has improved. Judging by my FICS results, that might be a long time.
I think I'll be taking your advice about the book order, I'm going through Wolff's book a second time right now, slowly. After that I probably will go to Littlewood's and Chandler's. Thanks for the help! :-)
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