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Openings

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Chess book review, The Modernized London System, Milos Pavlovic
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Chess book review, The Scotch Gambit, Alex Fishbein
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Chess book review, Beating the Queen's Gambit - Indian Style!, Renier Castellanos
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Chess book review, Reimagining 1.e4, Nikolaos Ntirlis
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Chess book review, Opening Repertoire, the Open Games with Black, Martin Lokander
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Chess book review, A complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! 1, Nimzo-Indian, Dariusz Swiercz
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Chess book review, Bologan's Ruy Lopez for Black, Victor Bologan
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Chess book review, London 2.Bf4 Playbook, Tim Sawyer
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Chess book review, Bologan's Black Weapons in the Open Games, Victor Bologan
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Chess book review, A complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! 2, Ragozin & Anti-Catalan, Dariusz Swiercz
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Middlegames

  • Rating: 2000
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Chess book review, Lessons on Uncompromising Play, David Navara
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Chess book review, Think like a Grandmaster, Alexander Kotov
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Chess book review, GM Preparation: Attack and Defense, Jacob Aagaard
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Chess book review, GM Preparation: Strategic Play, Jacob Aagaard
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Chess book review, GM Preparation: Positional Play, Jacob Aagaard
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Chess book review, GM Preparation: Calculation, Jacob Aagaard
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Chess book review, Secrets of Attacking chess, Mihail Marin
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, Zlotnik's Middlegame Manual, Boris Zlotnik
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Chess book review, The Hidden Laws of Chess, Nick Maatman
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Chess book review, The Hidden Laws of Chess Volume 2, Mastering Dynamics, Nick Maatman
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Endgames

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Chess book review, Secrets of Queen Endgames, Ferenc Berkes
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Chess book review, Endgame Corner, Karsten Müller
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Chess book review, Silman's Complete Endgame Course, Jeremy Silman
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  • Rating: 2000
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Chess book review, GM Preparation: Endgame Play, Jacob Aagaard
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Chess book review, Endgame Strategy, Mikhail Shereshevsky
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Chess book review, 100 Endgames You Must Know, Jesus de la Villa
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Chess book review, Conceptual Rook Endgames Workbook, Jacob Aagaard
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Chess book review, Fundamental Chess Endings, Karsten Müller
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Chess book review, Improve your Endgame Play, Glenn Flear
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Chess book review, Secrets of Pawnless Endings, John Nunn
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Thinking processes

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Chess book review, Tournament Battleplan, Daniel Gormally
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Chess book review, Improve your opening play, Chris Ward
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Chess book review, GM Preparation: Thinking Inside the Box, Jacob Aagaard
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Chess book review, Chess logic in practice, Eric Kislik
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Chess book review, How to Study Chess on Your Own, Davorin Kuljasevic
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Chess book review, Perpetual Chess Improvement, Ben Johnson
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  • Rating: 2000
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Chess book review, The How to Study Chess on Your Own Workbook Volume 3, Davorin Kuljasevic
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  • Rating: 1800
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Chess book review, Game Changer, Matthew Sadler
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Chess book review, The Complete Chess Swindler, David Smerdon
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Chess book review, Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual, Mark Dvoretsky
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Game collections

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Chess book review, The Exchange Sacrifice according to Tigran Petrosian, Vassilios Kotronias
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Chess book review, Winning Quickly with White, Iakov Neishtadt
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Chess book review, Winning Quickly with Black, Iakov Neishtadt
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Chess book review, John Nunn's Best Games, John Nunn
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Chess book review, The Big Book of World Chess Championships, Andre Schulz
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Chess book review, Fischer World Champion!, Max Euwe
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Chess book review, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, David Bronstein
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Chess book review, Chess Board Options, Larry Kaufman
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Chess book review, Curaçao 1962, Jan Timman
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Chess book review, How to Beat Magnus Carlsen, Cyrus Lakdawala
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Textbooks on all areas of chess

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Chess book review, Secrets of Practical Chess, John Nunn
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, Technique in Chess, Mark Dvoretsky
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  • Rating: 1800
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Chess book review, The How to Study Chess on Your Own Workbook - Volume 1, Davorin Kuljasevic
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, The How to Study Chess on Your Own Workbook - Volume 2, Davorin Kuljasevic
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, Pump up your Rating, Axel Smith
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Chess book review, The Lasker Method to Improve in Chess, Gerard Welling
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Chess book review, How to Become a Candidate Master, Alex Dunne
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Chess book review, The New In Chess Book of Chess Improvement, Steve Giddins
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Chess book review, The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess, Mikhail Shereshevsky
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, Training with Moska, Viktor Moskalenko
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Novels and Miscellaneous

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Chess book review, How Life Imitates Chess, Garry Kasparov
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Chess book review, Chess Opening Names Volume One, Nathan Rose
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Chess book review, Finding Bobby Fischer, Dirk Jan Ten Geuzendam
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Chess book review, Chess for Educators, Karel van Delft
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Chess book review, The World Champions I Knew, Genna Sosonko
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Chess book review, The Reliable Past, Genna Sosonko
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Chess book review, Smart Chip from St.Petersburg, Genna Sosonko
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Chess book review, Russian Silhouettes, Genna Sosonko
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Chess book review, The King, J.H.Donner
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Chess book review, Bobby Fischer Comes Home, Helgi Olafsson
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Children's Books

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Chess book review, Power Chess for Kids Volume 2, Charles Hertan
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Chess book review, Power Chess for Kids, Charles Hertan
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Chess book review, Basic Chess Openings for Kids, Charles Hertan
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Chess book review, Super Chess Kids, Franco Zaninotto
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Biographies and Players

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Chess book review, Unveiling the Victory, How Spassky Won The Third World Junior Chess Championship Antwerp 1955, Henri Serruys
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Chess book review, The Philosopher and the Housewife, Willy Hendriks
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Chess book review, Garry Kasparov's Fighting Chess, Garry Kasparov
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Chess book review, Vishy Anand: World Chess Champion, Vishy Anand
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Chess book review, After Magnus, Anish Giri
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, The Unstoppable American, Jan Timman
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, Gyula Breyer, Jimmy Adams
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Chess book review, Max Euwe, the Biography, Alexander Münninghoff
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Chess book review, Hein Donner: The Bigraphy, Alexander Münninghoff
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Chess book review, The Stress of Chess ... and its Infinite Finesse, Walter Browne
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