Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide in homes, parks, clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments. ...more

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Check & Mate
How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
The Last Checkmate
The First Move
The Chess Revolution: Understanding the Power of an Ancient Game in the Digital Age
La mossa del matto. L'Iliade di Bobby Fischer
The Partisan
Gagner aux échecs (même quand on débute): Maîtriser sa partie de l'ouverture jusqu'au mat
The Queen of Chess: How Judit Polgár Changed the Game
La diagonale Alekhine
Black & White: The Rise and Fall of Bobby Fischer
May the Best Player Win
How to Study Chess on Your Own: Creating a Plan that Works… and Sticking to it!
Il Mago di Riga
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition
How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course
The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master
My 60 Memorable Games
My System: A Treatise on Chess
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
Art of Attack in Chess
The Queen's Gambit
Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games
Winning Chess Tactics (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess)
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 (Dover Chess)
DVORETSKY'S ENDGAME MANUAL, 2nd Ed.
The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain
O Livro do Xadrez by Stefan ZweigIntermezzo by Sally RooneyA defesa Lujin by Vladimir NabokovA revolução do xadrez by Peter Ribeiro-DoggersBobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer
Chess-themed
13 books — 2 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Eight by Katherine NevilleThe Queen's Gambit by Walter TevisThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Chess-themed Fiction
105 books — 139 voters

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Burton RaffelSilent Knight by Cassie MintBlack Knight by Rina KentRuthless Knights by Eva AshwoodThe British Knight by Louise Bay
Best Books with "Knight" in the Title
260 books — 15 voters
Chess Tactics from Scratch by Martin Weteschnik365 Ways To Checkmate by Joe   GallagherTal's Winning Chess Combinations by Mikhail TalBoost Your Chess 1 by Artur YusupovPlay Like A Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov
Chess tactics Books
26 books — 4 voters

Check & Mate by Ali HazelwoodThe First Move by Jenny IrelandNot an Easy Win by Chrystal D. GilesFocused by Alyson GerberCuriosity by Gary L. Blackwood
YA & Middle Grade Chess Fiction
12 books — 4 voters


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George Orwell
He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to play and mate in two moves.' Winston looked up at the portrait of Big Brother. White always mates, he thought with a sort of cloudy mysticism. Always, without exception, it is so arranged. In no chess problem since the beginning of the world has black ever won. Did it not symbolize the eternal, unvarying triumph of Good over Evil? The huge face gazed back at him, full of calm po ...more
George Orwell, 1984

Walter Tevis
Chess isn't always competitive. Chess can also be beautiful. ...more
Walter Tevis, The Queen's Gambit

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