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"... for those that want to be as good as they can be, they'll have to work hard.
Play opponents who are better than you … Learn basic endgames. Create a simple opening repertoire (understanding the moves are far more important than memorizing them). Study tactics. And pick up tons of patterns. That’s the drumbeat of success. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (December 27, 2018)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/little-things-that-help-your-game
https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-start-out-in-chess
https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-play-chess
https://www.chess.com/blog/michechess89/8-tips-to-increase-your-online-rating
https://www.chess.com/news/view/rapid-chess-improvement
https://www.chess.com/news/view/a-new-years-resolution-improve-your-chess-with-new-lessons
https://www.chess.com/article/view/mastery-chess-lessons-are-here
"... In order to maximize the benefits of [theory and practice], these two should be approached in a balanced manner. ... Play as many slow games (60 5 or preferably slower) as possible, ... The other side of improvement is theory. ... This can be reading books, taking lessons, watching videos, doing problems on software, etc. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627084053/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman19.pdf
"... If it’s instruction, you look for an author that addresses players at your level (buying something that’s too advanced won’t help you at all). This means that a classic book that is revered by many people might not be useful for you. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (2015)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever
Here are some reading possibilities that I often mention:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
https://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1948)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5856bd64ff7c50433c3803db/t/5895fc0ca5790af7895297e4/1486224396755/btbtactics2excerpt.pdf
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
https://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.chess.com/blog/ForwardChess/book-of-the-week-openings-for-amateurs
https://www.mongoosepress.com/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.pdf
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
https://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Studying Chess Made Easy by Andrew Soltis (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090448/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review750.pdf
Seirawan stuff:
https://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090229/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review492.pdf
https://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-openings
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf
"... Most internet players think that 30 5 is slow, but that is unlikely slow enough to play 'real' chess. You need a game slow enough so that for most of the game you have time to consider all your candidate moves as well as your opponent’s possible replies that at least include his checks, captures, and serious threats, to make sure you can meet all of them. For the average OTB player G/90 is about the fastest, which might be roughly 60 10 online, where there is some delay. But there is no absolute; some people think faster than others and others can play real chess faster because of experience. Many internet players are reluctant to play slower than 30 5 so you might have to settle for that as a 'slow' game." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627010008/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman12.pdf
A few ideas on resilience / anger management:
https://www.newinchess.com/en_US/mental-toughness-in-chess
https://www.sportspsychologycoaching.com/articles/TheMentalGameOfChess.html
https://www.pathtochessmastery.com/2012/04/tournament-preparation-mental-toughness.html
https://rafaelleitao.com/how-to-get-mentally-strong/
dave_westwood wrote:
A few ideas on resilience / anger management:
https://www.newinchess.com/en_US/mental-toughness-in-chess
https://www.sportspsychologycoaching.com/articles/TheMentalGameOfChess.html
https://www.pathtochessmastery.com/2012/04/tournament-preparation-mental-toughness.html
https://rafaelleitao.com/how-to-get-mentally-strong/
Helpful. Thanks for posting!
Mar 20, 2020
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https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/useful-links-and-books-for-everyone-how-you-can-improve-your-chess-ratings-1
https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-start-out-in-chess
https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory
"... In order to maximize the benefits of [theory and practice], these two should be approached in a balanced manner. ... Play as many slow games (60 5 or preferably slower) as possible, ... The other side of improvement is theory. ... This can be reading books, taking lessons, watching videos, doing problems on software, etc. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627084053/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman19.pdf
"... If it’s instruction, you look for an author that addresses players at your level (buying something that’s too advanced won’t help you at all). This means that a classic book that is revered by many people might not be useful for you. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (2015)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever
Here are some reading possibilities that I often mention:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
https://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1948)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5856bd64ff7c50433c3803db/t/5895fc0ca5790af7895297e4/1486224396755/btbtactics2excerpt.pdf
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
https://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.pdf
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
https://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Studying Chess Made Easy by Andrew Soltis (2009)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090448/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review750.pdf
Seirawan stuff:
https://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
https://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf
and this:
some Good chess books
My Best Games vol 1-2 (Alekhine)
My Life, Games and Compositions (Benko)
The Art of Bisguier (Bisguier/Berry)
One Hundred Selected Games (Botvinnik)
Botvinnik’s Best Games vol 1-3 (B)
Botvinnik-Bronstein Moscow 1951 (Botvinnik)
200 Open Games (Bronstein)
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Bronstein)
Secret Notes (Bronstein) (bio plus)
Capablanca’s Best Chess Endings (Chernev)
The Immortal Games of Capablanca (Reinfeld)
Mikhail Chigorin (Adams)
From My Games 1920-1937 (Euwe)
My 60 Memorable Games (Fischer)
Both Sides of the Chessboard (Byrne/Nei)
Chess: The Search for Mona Lisa (Gufeld)
Twenty-five Annotated Games (Hubner)
Ivanchuk Move by Move (Tay)
Vassily Ivanchuk: 100 Selected Games (Kalinichenko)
Bent Larsen’s Best Games (Larsen)
Lasker’s Greatest Chess Games 1889-1914 (Reinfeld/Fine)
How Karpov Wins (Mednis)
Karpovs Strategic Wins 1-2 (Karolyi)
Kasparov’s Fighting Chess 1993-1998 (Karolyi/Aplin)
Kasparov’s Fighting Chess 199-2005 (Karolyi/Aplin)
On My Great Predecessors vol 1-5 (Kasparov)
On Modern Chess parts 1-2 (Kasparov)
On Gary Kasparov parts 1-2 (Kasparov)
Grandmaster of Chess vol 1-3 (Keres early games, etc) (Keres)
Paul Keres Chess Master Class (Neishtadt)
Viktor Korchnoi’s Best Games (Korchnoi/Others)
Viktor Korchnoi My Best Games Vol 1: Games with White (K)
Kramnik My Life and Games (Kramnik/Damsky)
Frank Marshall (Soltis)
Paul Morphy A Modern Perspective (Beim)
Nezhmetdinov’s Best Games of Chess (N)
Tigran Petrosian His life and Games (Vasiliev)
Pillsbury’s Chess Career (Sergeant/Watts) (thin notes)
Selected Games of Lajos Portisch (Varnusz)
CJS Purdy’s Fine Art of Chess Annotation vols 1-3 (P)
How Purdy Won ℗
My 120 Selected Correspondence Games (Read)
Reshevsky’s Best Games of Chess ®
The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein vol 1-2 (Donaldson/Minev)
Akiba Rubinstein: The Later Years (Donaldson/Minev)
Rubinstein Move by Move (Franco)
Schlechter’s Chess Game (Crain)
Chess Duels (Seirawan)
Fire on Board (Shirov)
My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957 (Smyslov)
Smylsov’s Best Games vol 1: 1935-1957 (S)
The Best Games of Boris Spassky (Soltis)
Spassky’s 100 Best Games (Cafferty)
Jon Speelman’s Best Games (Speelman)
Chess on the Edge vol 1: 100 Selected Games…Suttles (Harper/Seirawan)
Taimanov’s Selected Games (Taimanov)
The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal (Tal)
Tal-Botvinnik 1960 (Tal)
My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954 (Tartakower)
Three Hundred Chess Games (Tarrasch)
Johannes Zukertort (Adams)
Karlsbad 1907 (Marco/Schlechter)
Vienna 1922 (Evans)
New York 1924 (Alekhine)
Nottingham 1936 (Alekhine)
The Soviet Championships (Cafferty/Taimanov)
Zurich 1953 (Bronstein)
The First Piatigorsky Cup (Reshevsky et al)
The 1974 World Chess Olympiad (Keene/Levy)
Montreal 1979 (Tal et al)
Reggio Emilia 2007/2008 (Marin/Garrett)
Portoroz/Ljubljana Grandmaster Chess Tournament (Hort)
Chess Olympiads (Foldeak)
The Mammoth Book of the World’s Greatest Chess Games (Burgess et al)
Decisive Games in Chess History (Pachman)
Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces (Stohl)
The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess (Chernev)
500 Master Games of Chess (Tartakower/Du Mont)
The World’s Greatest Chess Games (Fine)
Masters of the Chessboard (Reti)
Learn from the Legends (Marin)
Learn from the Grandmasters (Keene)
The Battle of Chess Ideas (Saidy)
Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik (Konig)
Modern Chess Brilliancies (Evans)
Winning Chess Brilliancies (Seirawan)
Extreme Chess: World Championships 1935 1937 1972 (Purdy)
64 Great Chess Games: Masterpieces of Postal and Email Chess (Harding)
Games of World Correspondence Chess Championships I-X (Harting)
Fifth Correspondence Chess World Championship (Berliner/Messere)
Wijk aan Zee Grandmaster Tournament 1975 (Kavalek)
BARELY or SEMI-ANNOTATED:
Combat: My 50 Years at the Chess Board (Bernstein) (largely dump, brief notes)
Paul Keres: Photographs and Games (not annotated)
Complete Games of Mikhail Tal vol 1-3 (Thomas)
Korchnoi’s 400 Best Games (not annotated)
Karpov’s Collected Games (Levy) (very light notes)
INSTRUCTIVE:
Logical Chess Move by Move (Chernev)
Combinations: the Heart of Chess (Chernev)
Dynamic Chess (Coles)
How to Defend in Chess (Crouch)
Winning Unorthodox Openings (Dunnington)
Creative Opening Chess Preparation (Eingorn)
Decision Making at the Chessboard (Eingorn)
Chess Strategy for Club Players (Grooten)
Exploiting Small Advantages (Gufeld)
All About Chess (Horowitz)
200 Modern Chess Traps in the Fianchetto Openings (Howson)
Winning with the Najdorf (King)
How to Become a Deadly Chess Tactician (LeMoir)
An Opening Repertoire for Black (Marovic/Parma)
Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking (McDonald)
Mastering the French (McDonald/Harley)
How to Beat Bobby Fischer (Mednis)
Strategic Chess (Mednis)
222 Opening Traps after 1.e4 (Muller/Knaak)
Fundamental Chess Endings (Muller/Lamprecht)
Understanding Chess Endings (Nunn)
Understanding Chess Move by Move (Nunn)
How to Play the Goring Gambit (Schiller)
Catalog of Chess Mistakes (Soltis)
Risk & Bluff in Chess (Tukmakov)
Mastering the Chess Openings (1-4) (Watson)
Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy (Watson)
Simple Attacking Plans (Wilson)
The Road to Chess Improvment (Yermolinsky)
RECOMMENDED IN THREAD:
Antology (sic) of Chess Beauty (Belov et al)
Barmen 1905 tournament book
Simagin (Woodger)
Avderbach game collection
Grandmaster at Work (Kotov/Adams)
Szabo’s Best Games
Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games
Paul Keres: The Road to the Top and The Quest for Perfection
The Nemesis: Geller’s Greatest Games
Aaron Nimzowitsch: On the Road to Chess Master, 1886-1924
Judit Polgar Teaches Chess (vols 1-3)
Power Chess: Great Grandmaster Battles from Russia (Keres)
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played (Chernev)
The Greatest Ever Chess Endgames (Giddins)
Gyula Breyer: The Chess Revolutionary (Adams)
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