The best bang-for-your-buck chess book out there is soon to appear in a new, fully-revised edition:“The Mammoth Book of Chess” by Graham Burgess (Jan, 2010)http://www.constablerobinson.com/?section=books&book=the_mammoth_book_of_chess_9781845299316_paperbackAmazon placeholder here:http://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Book-Chess-Graham-Burgess/dp/076243726X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258658463&sr=1-1(New version is already available in the UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mammoth-Book-Chess-Graham-Burgess/dp/1845299310/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258658869&sr=8-2)US chess players will immediately recognize the new book as an expanded and updated version of this book:“Chess: Tactics and Strategy” by Graham Burgesshttp://www.amazon.com/Chess-Graham-Burgess/dp/0785815163/ref=pd_cp_b_2This old version sells at about 9 Dollars for a hardback book (!) and represents the best all-things-chess compendium I have yet seen.
The new version must be better still.
*Bump*
This book has now appeared in US bookstores!
Yes this is a very good general chess book for beginners- intermediate and even beyond.
The best bang-for-your-buck chess book out there is soon to appear in a new, fully-revised edition:
“The Mammoth Book of Chess” by Graham Burgess (Jan, 2010)
http://www.constablerobinson.com/?section=books&book=the_mammoth_book_of_chess_9781845299316_paperback
Amazon placeholder here:
http://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Book-Chess-Graham-Burgess/dp/076243726X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258658463&sr=1-1
(New version is already available in the UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mammoth-Book-Chess-Graham-Burgess/dp/1845299310/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1258658869&sr=8-2)
US chess players will immediately recognize the new book as an expanded and updated version of this book:
“Chess: Tactics and Strategy” by Graham Burgess
http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Graham-Burgess/dp/0785815163/ref=pd_cp_b_2
This old version sells at about 9 Dollars for a hardback book (!) and represents the best all-things-chess compendium I have yet seen.
The new version must be better still.