Anyone know any good free chess books I can download?

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JoEvJohn
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Martin_Stahl

Anything other than public domain books posted here won't be allowed. Anything public domain is less likely to have the best lines/analysis.

 

JoEvJohn

I know, only stuff that is legal will be allowed. And i guess your right about the public domain info not being the best

 

JoEvJohn

I know, only stuff that is legal will be allowed. And i guess your right about the public domain info not being the best

 

chesstraining321

There is this book called Prepare to Attack by Gary Lane e book for free when I searched up Free chess ebooks. Just search up "Prepare to Attack pdf chess"

DonaldoTrump

Nothing in life is free, learn it kiddo.

kindaspongey
Ziryab wrote (~8 days ago):

... [Chess Fundamentals by J. R. Capablanca] is generally available for free through a chess book app for mobile devices.

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JoEvJohn

thank you guys, and trump dont you have a wall to be building? Or did you hire undocumented mexican immigrants to build that for you too? just like your hotels XD

 

Schemato

In many countries copyright expires 70 years after the author's death. There are some fine chess books older than that. Of course the analysis won't be engine-approved, but being sceptical is usually a good idea anyway. The main drawback I see is the cumbersome English descriptive notation, but you may get used to that.

Here are five that I think are still well worth reading, from Project Gutenberg:

Capablanca, Chess Fundamentals

Ed. Lasker, Chess Strategy

Staunton, The Blue Book of Chess

Edge, Paul Morphy

Bird, Chess History and Reminiscences

thegreat_patzer

Phase 2 from Richard James

http://www.richardjames.org.uk/

 

simply put -

its fantastic! incredible that it wasn't published.  author is a scholastic chess coach from england.

b0n0123

Anyone know where to download the ebook : Chess simply Play better?

Thanks for you answer