Summer reading list

Just picked up Chess Structures by GM Flores and the Hellsten Mastering Chess trilogy (Openings, Strategy, Endgames) on my coach’s orders: “less bullet, more reading.”

What’s on your chess reading list? And what are you currently working through?

I try to be working through 2 books at a time: a collection of annotated games and and an endgame book. (I do the first, then when the board clears go over an ending.) Just finished the 1975 book ''Learn from the GMs'' and am in the middle of ''GM Prep Endgame Play''.
I haven't picked the next book of annotated games yet. I'll look for one second hand that is interesting and inexpensive- buying another chess book is sort of a reward for finishing one.

Bill

If you haven't already read them, here are two books I recommend

1. Instructional
   The Hidden Laws of Chess by Nick Maatman
2. Game collection
   The Nemesis by Efim Geller

@lizani said in #3:

If you haven't already read them, here are two books I recommend

1. Instructional
   The Hidden Laws of Chess by Nick Maatman

--looks very interesting-going on my list of possible next books-Thanks!

2. Game collection
   The Nemesis by Efim Geller

--- worked thru it when it had another title. Found it dry-his games don't ''sparkle'' --but learned a huge amount from his games.

• Bill

I an working through vukovics art of attack in chess right now.

Thanks for sharing! All of these look very interesting. I’ll check them out once I’ve finished my current reads :-)

Do not overdo on books.
'Chess books should be used as we use glasses: to assist the sight,
although some players make use of them as if they thought they conferred sight' - Capablanca

Here is a list by somebody who became a grandmaster.
https://rafaelleitao.com/chess-books-grandmaster/

Do not overdo on books.
Says Tpr... while quoting Capablanca. :P

I've never read a single chess book. Any recommendations guys?

@FreudChicken JUST for you ... based on er' rapid rating & not having read one yet' ... Understanding Chess Move By Move By John Nunn ... This is a little advanced for a first Chess book but u doing fine so Good Luck ! ... NM ThunderClap 2025