Chess Books - Special Case!
These are the remaining chess books in my personal library (after donating many to the Waterville Chess Club Library, all of which have now been donated to MECA as part of the Maine Chess Association Library [under construction]). I am using some of my books for reference and trying to find enough time to read others. I have held onto some for purely nostalgic reasons (e.g., my very first chess book, etc.). At some point, when cancer makes it impossible for me to enjoy them, my plan is to gift certain people with particular volumes; what remains will go to the Maine Chess Association Library.
I am right in the midst of reviewing all my non-chess books to give away, so I did not have time to list all the Waterville Chess Club books that now reside in the MECA library. Maybe one of these days. Another difficult task in front of me is prioritizing which of my own chess books to read first!
My Chess Books
| # | [ISBN] Title and Author | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [0-486-24512-8] The World's Great Chess Games edited by Reuben Fine | Chess | My Copy |
| 2 | The Game of Chess by Edward Lasker [Doubleday TutorText] | Chess | Promised |
| 3 | [978-1-984862-07-5] How to Win at Chess by Levy Rozman | Chess | My Copy |
| 5 | [978-0-9791482-4-8] The Improving Chess Thinker by Dan Heisman | Chess | My Copy |
| 6 | [0-938650-52-1] The Complete Guide to Correspondence Chess by Alex Dunne | Chess | My Copy |
| 7 | Epic Battles of the Chessboard by R.N. Coles [Tartan Books] | Chess | My Copy |
| 8 | [1 85223 127 0] Chess: The Mechanics of the Mind by Helmut Pfleger G.M. & Gerd Treppner I.M. | Chess | My Copy |
| 9 | [1-57912-130-6] Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games by Laszlo Polgar | Chess | My Copy |
| 10 | Chess Strategy and Tactics by Fred Reinfeld and Irving Chernev [Tartan] | Chess | My Copy |
| 11 | [0-486-27302-4] The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev | Chess | My Copy |
| 12 | [978-90-569-1538-4] Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition by Arthur van de Oudeweetering | Chess | My Copy |
| 13 | [0-8129-3084-3] Modern Chess Openings [MCO-14] completely revised by Nick de Firmian | Chess | My Copy |
| 14 | [0-48644675-1] Danger in Chess by Amatzia Avni | Chess | My Copy |
| 15 | The Chess Mind by Gerald Abrahams [Penguin] | Chess | My Copy |
| 16 | Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess [Bantam] | Chess | Promised |
| # | [ISBN] Title and Author | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | [0-8129-1756-1] The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine | Chess | My Copy |
| 18 | [0-7134-4007-4] How to Play the Nimzo-Indian Defence by Raymond Keene & Shaun Taulbut | Chess | My Copy |
| 19 | [1-58042-042-7] The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes ... and How to Avoid Them by Larry Evans | Chess | My Copy |
| 20 | [0-486-22208-X] Practical Chess Endings by Irving Chernev | Chess | My Copy |
| 21 | The Complete Chessplayer by Fred Reinfeld [Crest] | Chess | My Copy |
| 22 | The Art of Chess Combination by Eugène Znosko-Borovsky [under construction] | Chess | My Copy |
| 23 | [0-486-20528-2] Chess Strategy by Edward Lasker | Chess | My Copy |
| 24 | [0-486-23931-4] The Middle Game in Chess by Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky | Chess | My Copy |
| 25 | [1-85744-206-7] More Basic Chess Openings by Gabor Kallai | Chess | My Copy |
| 26 | [1-85744-85744-113-3] Basic Chess Openings by Gabor Kallai | Chess | My Copy |
| 27 | [671-21785-5] What's the Best Move? by Larry Evans | Chess | My Copy |
| 28 | [978-0-593-58014-1] The Chess Deck by Levy Rozman | Chess | My Copy |
| 29 | [978-0-7134-844-9] Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev | Chess | My Copy |
| 30 | Chessboard Planet by Lewis Padgett [Galaxy Novel No. 26] | Chess | My Copy |
| 31 | [978-1-58042-369-4] Chess ASAP! by Avery Cardoza | Chess | My Copy |
| 32 | [978-1-901983-05-0] How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler | Chess | My Copy |