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Openings

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Chess book review, Squeezing the Gambits: The Benko, Budapest, Albin and Blumenfeld, Kiril Georgiev
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Chess book review, Mayhem in the Morra, Marc Esserman
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  • Rating: 1200
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Chess book review, The Modernized London System, Milos Pavlovic
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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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  • Rating: 1400
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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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Chess book review, First Chess Openings, Eric Schiller
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Chess book review, The Scotch Gambit, Alex Fishbein
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Middlegames

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Chess book review, Chess Tactics from Scratch, Martin Weteschnik
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, Chess Tactics for Advanced Players, Yuri Averbakh
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Chess book review, Test Your Positional Play, Robert Bellin
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Chess book review, Lessons with A Grandmaster 3, Strategic and Tactical Ideas in Modern Chess, Boris Gulko
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Chess book review, Lessons with a Grandmaster 2, Improve Your Tactical Vision and Dynamic Play with Boris Gulko, Boris Gulko
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  • Rating: 1800
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Chess book review, Excelling at Chess Calculation, Jacob Aagaard
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Chess book review, Excelling at Positional Chess, Jacob Aagaard
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  • Rating: 2000
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Chess book review, Perfect Your Chess, Andrei Volokitin
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Chess book review, Chess Tactics for Champions, Susan Polgar
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Chess book review, Modern Chess Strategy, Ludek Pachman
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Endgames

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Chess book review, Amateur to IM, Proven Ideas and Training Methods, Jonathan Hawkins
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Chess book review, Excelling at Technical Chess, Jacob Aagaard
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  • Rating: 2000
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Chess book review, Domination in 2545 Endgame Studies, Ghenrikh M. Kasparyan
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Chess book review, Capablanca's Best Chess Endings, Irving Chernev
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, Practical Chess Endings, Paul Keres
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  • Rating: 1600
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Chess book review, Endgame Corner, Karsten Müller
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  • Rating: 2000
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Chess book review, Secrets of Queen Endgames, Ferenc Berkes
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  • Rating: 1400
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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, Think Like a Super-GM, Michael Adams
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Chess book review, Excelling at Chess, Jacob Aagaard
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Chess book review, What It Takes to Become a Chess Master, Andrew Soltis
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  • Rating: 1800
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Chess book review, Grandmaster Preparation, Lev Polugaevsky
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  • Rating: 1600
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Chess book review, Chess for Zebras, Jonathan Rowson
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  • Rating: 1800
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Chess book review, The Seven Deadly Chess Sins, Jonathan Rowson
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  • Rating: 1800
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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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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, GM Preparation: Thinking Inside the Box, Jacob Aagaard
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  • Rating: 2000
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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 Art of Chess Analysis, Jan Timman
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Chess book review, Lessons with a Grandmaster, Enhance Your Chess Strategy And Psychology With Boris Gulko, Boris Gulko
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  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, Learn from the Legends 2, Mihail Marin
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Chess book review, Learn from the Legends, Chess Champions at their Best, Mihail Marin
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Chess book review, My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957, Vasily Smyslov
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Chess book review, My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937, Alexander Alekhine
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Chess book review, Soviet Chess 1917-1991, Andrew Soltis
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Chess book review, Fire On Board: Shirov's Best Games, Alexei Shirov
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Chess book review, Winning Chess Brilliancies, Yasser Seirawan
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  • Rating: 1800
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Chess book review, Karpov's Strategic Wins 2, 1986-2010 The Prime Years , Tibor Karolyi
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Textbooks on all areas of chess

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Chess book review, 100 Chess Master Trade Secrets, From Sacrifices to Endgames, Andrew Soltis
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  • Rating: 1800
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Chess book review, Chess Evolution 3, Mastery, Artur Yusupov
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Chess book review, Chess Evolution 2, Beyond the basics, Artur Yusupov
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Chess book review, Chess Evolution 1, The Fundamentals, Artur Yusupov
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Chess book review, Boost your Chess 3, Mastery, Artur Yusupov
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Chess book review, Boost your Chess 2, Beyond the basics, Artur Yusupov
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Chess book review, Boost your Chess 1, The Fundamentals, Artur Yusupov
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Chess book review, Build up your Chess 3, Mastery, Artur Yusupov
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Chess book review, Build up your Chess 2, Beyond the basics, Artur Yusupov
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Chess book review, Build up your Chess 1, The Fundamentals, Artur Yusupov
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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, Chess for Kids, Michael Basman
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Chess book review, How to Play Chess for Kids, Jessica E. Martin
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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, Masters of the Chessboard, Richard Réti
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Chess book review, Life & Games of Mikhail Tal, Mikhail Tal
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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, Garry Kasparov's Fighting Chess, Garry Kasparov
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  • Rating: 1600
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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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