I recommend you to hace a look to this post. It is a great blog about chess books, by a guy Who want to reach IM level. https://gollumchessreviews.blogspot.com/2018/05/books-to-reach-im-level.html?m=1
Best Chess Books for Master Level (from +2200 FIDE to GM LEVEL)
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Perhaps you would be interested in the Complete Manual of Positional Chess books.
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9040.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9049.pdf
"The book is aimed at players who are already around first category strength [Translator's note: Approximately 2000-2200 Elo] but some examples will also be useful to players of a higher standard."
Chess Lessons by Popov
John Nunn's Chess Puzzle book
Practical Endgame Play - Beyond the Basics by GM Flear
Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov by Karolyi
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092828/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review837.pdf
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/ChessLessons.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094450/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review677.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/John_Nunn's_Chess_Puzzle_Book_-_new_enlarged_edition.pdf
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/historical-and-biographical-works-installment-3
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708102104/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review614.pdf
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/theres-an-end-to-it-all
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708091155/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review603.pdf
Grandmaster Chess Strategy : What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpiece
Karpov's Strategic Wins Vol 1 and Vol 2 by Karolyi
Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition by Arthur
Excelling at Positional Chess by Jacob
Learn from the Legends by Marin
Lessons with Grandmaster 2 by Gulko
Move First Think Later by Hendriks
Attacking Manual 2 by Jacob
The Giant Chess Puzzle Book by Franco
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708102107/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review795.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090609/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review797.pdf
http://www.thechessmind.net/blog/2014/12/30/a-short-review-of-improve-your-chess-pattern-recognition.html
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9006.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708084438/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review402.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233457/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review500.pdf
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/LearnfromtheLegends10thAnniversary-excerpt.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708112302/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review870.pdf
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Lessons-with-a-Grandmaster-II-77p3728.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708084425/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review866.pdf
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Move-First-Think-Later-77p3741.htm
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/attacking_manual_2.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/The_Giant_Chess_Puzzle_Book.pdf
Hey there,
I'm sure this question has been asked somewhere in the forum before, but couldn't find the thread. So I'd like to ask my own version of the question.
Firstly I wonder, if GM's read any chess books for improving reasons. So I'd like to know if there are any books out there targeted at +2400 +2500 FIDE level?
Also I'd like to ask what books are essential for +2200 players to improve their understanding of chess to GM level? Like series of books (5-10 books) as a path to becoming GM.
I know about Dvoretskys Books (Endgame Manual, SoE Collection etc.), Kotovs Think/Play like GM, Aagards Excelling at Chess/Positional, John Nunn's Secrets of Rook Endings, Volokitins Perfect your Chess and Imagination in Chess of Gaprindashvili. I do have these and read some of them, but not all. What could be added to the list?
Thanks for the answers in advance!
Cheers.