EP 72 | The Best Chess Books Ever Written ft. Ben Johnson (Perpetual Chess)

The Dojo debates what the best books written about chess are!

The concensus best books are: 1. My Sixty Memorable Games, Fischer. https://amzn.to/3xFfhNb 2. Test of Time, Kasparov. https://amzn.to/3YmqJsB 3. New York 1924, Alekhine. https://amzn.to/3E1OcXZ 4. Tal Botvinnik 1960. https://amzn.to/3K7oC7O 5. My Great Predecessors, Kasparov. https://amzn.to/3xqYWLy 6. My System/Chess Praxis, Nimzovitch. https://amzn.to/3HYnroj 7. Grandmaster Preparation, Polugayevsky. https://amzn.to/3Yt4Fwh 8. The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games, Burgess. https://amzn.to/40RHPQK 9. Endgame Strategy, Shereshevsky. https://amzn.to/3jZN68o 10. Art of Attack, Vukovic. https://amzn.to/3Yt53uJ

Ben's books that didn't make the final list: 1. Simple Chess, Stean. https://amzn.to/3XtzT5s 2. How I beat Fischer's Record, Polgar. https://amzn.to/3xmvhmX 3. Think Like a Super-GM, Adams. https://amzn.to/3YwGAot 4. Capablanca's Best Chess Endings, Chernev. https://amzn.to/3xiJmlo 5. Mastering Chess Strategy, Hellsten. https://amzn.to/3ly1Aww 6. First Book of Morphy, Rosario. https://amzn.to/3YQDTxI 7. Most Instructive Games, Chernev. https://amzn.to/3IpHQV2 8. Seven Deadly Chess Sins, Rowson. https://amzn.to/3K7kR1X

David's books that didn't make the final list: 1. My Life and Games, Tal. https://amzn.to/3xst4Gp 2. Child of Change, Kasparov. https://amzn.to/3E5W8ay 3. My Best Games, Alehkine. https://amzn.to/3jZORT2 4. Modern Ideas in Chess, Reti. https://amzn.to/3I0DwKh

Kostya's books that didn't make the final list: 1. School of Chess Excellence, Dvoretsky. https://amzn.to/3I2RFqx 2. Grandmaster Preparation, Aagaard. https://amzn.to/3ltjyA9 3. Understanding Chess Move by Move, Nunn. https://amzn.to/3Ik0cGJ 4. Under the Surface, Markos. https://amzn.to/3XzdkMu 5. Positional Decision Making, Gelfand. https://amzn.to/3jSvqvo 6. Pump up your Rating, Smith. https://amzn.to/3ImVU1d

Jesse's books that didn't make the final list: 1. Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Kalinichenko. https://amzn.to/3lyusoy 2. The Best Move, Hort and Jansa. https://amzn.to/3xkqWjY 3. Perfect Your Chess, https://amzn.to/3K6mwEY

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