Ed's Chess Book Collection
Last update and revision: April 14, 2005

Below and to the left are two photographs of my collection of chess books. Note:  The photographs need to be updated!  I've added about 25 books to my collection since these photos were taken!

 I first began collecting and reading chess books in 1971. Several of my books are brand new and can be found in bookstores today, but most of them are long out of print and can only be found in used bookstores.

As you can see, my bookcase on the left is no longer large enough to hold them all. The overflow, the books shown below, are on the top shelf of a smaller bookcase adjacent to the large one on the left.

The bottom two shelves contain my Chess Life magazines. I have a complete run from October 1971 to the present.

Keen observers will notice this image on the left is actually a composite image. This was necessary because in order to get all of the books in one frame, I had to stand several feet away... and when I did so I was then too far away for one to be able to read the titles!

I once remember thinking I had a lot of chess books... until I started hanging out with other chess players and hearing of the size of their collections!

Click on each of the two images for a more detailed view.

 

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1 1000 Best Short Games Of Chess, The Chernev 1955 563 pb
2 1001 Brilliant Ways To Checkmate Reinfeld 1955 224 pb
3 107 Great Chess Battles - 1939-1945 - Alexander Alekhine Winter 1980 254 pb
4 1990 World Chess Championship - Karpov vs. Kasparov, The Wall 1991 105 pb
5 365 Ways To Checkmate Gallagher 2004 208 pb
6 500 Caro-Kann Miniatures Wall 1991 102 pb
7 500 French Miniatures Wall 1984 125 pb
8 Adventures Of Chess, The Lasker 1949 296 pb
9 All About Chess Horowitz 1958 197 pb
10 Amateur's Mind, The Silman 1995 274 pb
11 Anatoly Karpov: The Road To The World Chess Championship Byrne 1976 177 pb
12 Application Of Chess Theory, The Geller 1984 263 pb
13 Art Of Chess Combination Znosko-borovsky 1959 212 pb
14 Art Of Chess, The Mason 1947 278 pb
15 Art Of Defense In Chess, The Soltis 1975 262 pb
16 Art Of Positional Play, The Reshevsky 1976 333 pb
17 Art Of Sacrifice In Chess, The Spielmann 1951 197 pb
18 Art Of The Middle Game, The Keres/Kotov 1964 238 pb
19 Attack And Counterattack In Chess Reinfeld 1954 154 pb
20 B-12 (Caro-Kann) Seirawan 1993 93 pb
21 Baroque Chess Openings (How To Play Your Betters At Chess) Wincor 1972 116 hd
22 Basic Chess Endings Fine 1941 573 pb
23 Battle Of Chess Ideas Saidy 1972 160 hd
24 Beating The Caro-Kann With The Advance Variation Soltis 1993 103 pb
25 Beating The Grufeld Karpov 1992 192 pb
26 Benko Gambit, The Benko 1973 143 hd
27 Benoni, The Hartson  1969 111 hd
28 Best Chess Games Of Boris Spassky, The Soltis 1973 288 hd
29 Best Lessons Of A Chess Coach Weeramantry/Eusebi 1993 322 pb
30 Best Of Chess Life And Review  Vo1 2, The Pandolfini 1988 583 pb
31 Best Of Chess Life And Review  Vo1 I, The Pandolfini 1988 611 pb
32 Best of Lone Pine 1971 - 1980 Grefe/Waterman 1981 235 pb
33 Bird-Larsen Attack Soltis 1989 106 pb
34 Bishop v Knight - The Verdict Mayer 1997 224 pb
35 Bobby Fischer Goes To War Edmonds/Eidinow 2005 342 pb
36 Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories, The Denker/Parr 1995 359 pb
37 Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess Fischer 1966 334 pb
38 Bobby Fischer vs. The Rest Of The World Darrach 1974 240 hd
39 Bobby Fischer: Profile Of A Prodigy Brady 1965 435 pb
40 Book Of The Nottingham International Chess Tournament, The Alekhine 1937 291 pb
41 Botvinniks Best Games Of Chess  1947-1970 Botvinnik 1972 237 hd
42 Cambridge Springs Defense Schiller 1984 101 pb
43 Capablanca's 100 Best Games Of Chess Golombeck 1978 265 pb
44 Caro-Kann  4...N-KB3 (pamphlet) Chess Digest 1982 54 pb
45 Caro-Kann Defence Suetin 1983 159 pb
46 Catalog Of Chess Mistakes Soltis 1979 213 pb
47 Catastrophe In The Opening Neishtadt 1980 271 hd
48 Center Counter Grefe/Silman 1983 95 pb
49 Center Counter Uprising Dunne/Taylor 1990 49 pb
50 Center Counter! Hodges 1994 67 pb
51 Chess -  A Celebration Of 2000 Years Finkenzeller, Ziehr 1989 208 hd
52 Chess - 5334 Problems, Combinations, And Games Polgar 1994 1104 pb
53 Chess Brilliancy - 250 Historic Games From The Masters Damsky 2002 224 pb
54 Chess Catechism Evans 1970 250 pb
55 Chess Coaching Littlewood 1991 153 pb
56 Chess Combination As A Fine Art Golz/Keres 1989 255 pb
57 Chess Combination from Philidor to Karpov, The Keene 1977 162 hd
58 Chess Companion Chernev 1968 287 pb
59 Chess Competitors Handbook, The Kazic 1980 229 pb
60 Chess Computer Book, The Harding 1981 215 pb
61 Chess For Beginners Horowitz 1950 132 pb
62 Chess For Fun & Chess For Blood Lasker 1942 224 pb
63 Chess From Morphy To Botvinnik - A Century Of Chess Evolution Konig 1950 202 hd
64 Chess Fundamentals Capablanca 1949 246 pb
65 Chess Is My Life Korchnoi 1978 167 hd
66 Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur Euwe/Meiden 1963 315 pb
67 Chess Master vs. Chess Master Euwe/Meiden 1997 367 hd
68 Chess Master…At Any Age Wetzell 1994 300 pb
69 Chess Of Bobby Fischer, The Burger 1975 345 pb
70 Chess Of Gligoric, The Levy 1972 191 hd
71 Chess On The Net Crowther 2001 127 pb
72 Chess On The Web Hurst 1999 144 pb
73 Chess Openings For You, The Evans 1975 155 pb
74 Chess Openings: Theory And Practice Horowitz 1964 789 pb
75 Chess Sacrifice Vukovic 1968 219 hd
76 Chess Secrets I Learned From The Masters Lasker 1951 428 pb
77 Chess Strategy In Action Watson 2003 288 pb
78 Chess Struggle In Practice, The Bronstein 1978 498 pb
79 Chess Tactics And Strategy Burgess 1997 537 hd
80 Chess Tactics For Advanced Players Averbakh 1992 328 pb
81 Chess The Easy Way (two copies) Fine 1942 186 pb / hd
82 Chess Traps, Pitfalls, And Swindles Horowitz,Reinfeld 1954 243 pb
83 Chess World Championship 1972 - Fischer vs. Spassky Evans 1973 261 pb
84 Chess: The Way To Win! Young 1960 191 hd
85 Chessmastery By Question And Answer Reinfeld 1961 185 pb
86 Classic Chess Problems By Pioneer Composers Howard 1970 108 pb
87 Classical Caro-Kann, The Karparov/Shakarow 1984 166 pb
88 Colle System Koltanowski 1990 87 pb
89 Colle's Chess Masterpieces Reinfeld 1936 92 pb
90 Combination Challenge! Hays/Hall 1991 230 pb
91 Combinations: The Heart Of Chess Chernev 1960 245 pb
92 Complete Benko Gambit, The (first edition and the second edition) Fedorowicz 1990 233 pb / pb
93 Complete Book Of Chess Openings, The Reinfeld 1956 182 pb
94 Complete Book Of Chess Stratgems Reinfeld 1958 188 pb
95 Complete Book Of Chess, The I.A. Horowitz/RoThenberg 1963 372 pb
96 Complete Chessplayer, The Reinfeld 1953 292 pb
97 Complete Defense To Queen Pawn Openings Schiller 1998 276 pb
98 Complete Pirc, The Nunn 1989 215 pb
99 Comprehensive Chess Openings Vol I Estrin/Panov 1980 271 hd
100 Comprehensive Chess Openings Vol II Estrin/Panov 1980 192 hd
101 Comprehensive Chess Openings Vol III Estrin/Panov 1980 278 hd
102 Comprehensive Chess Strategy Vol I Pachman 1975 166 pb
103 Comprehensive Chess Strategy Vol II Pachman 1976 181 pb
104 Computer Chess Pachman/Muhnmund 1980 186 pb
105 Computer Chess Compendum Levy 1988 440 pb
106 Confessions Of A Chess Grandmaster Soltis 1990 365 pb
107 Decisive Games In Chess History Pachman 1972 259 pb
108 Development Of Chess Style, The Euwe 1966 152 pb
109 Developments In The King's Gambit 1980-88 Bangiev 1988 60 pb
110 Duals Of The Mind - Twelve Best Games Of Chess, The Keene 1991 96 hd
111 Dutch Defense Christiansen/Silman 1989 217 pb
112 Dynamic Caro-Kann, The Silman 1989 182 pb
113 Dynamic Chess Coles 1966 195 pb
114 Emanuel Lasker - The Life Of A Chess Master (two copies) Hannak 1952 320 pb / hd
115 Encyclopedia Of Chess, The Sunnucks 1970 587 pb
116 End Game Lawson 1994 253 hd
117 Endgame Challenge! Hall 1995 222 pb
118 Essential Chess Endings Explained Move By Move - Volume I (revised 2nd edition) Silman 1988 221 pb
119 Essential Chess Endings Volume II Ken Smith 1992 292 pb
120 Essential Chess Quotations (pamphlet) Knudsen 1998 48 pb
121 Evans On Chess Evans 1974 125 pb
122 First Piatigorsky Cup Reshevsky/Kashdan 1965 204 hd
123 Fischer Favorite:  The King's Indian Attack, A (pamphlet) Tangborn ? 32 pb
124 Fischer Spassky: NY Times Report Roberts 1972 218 pb
125 Fischer versus Spassky Golombek 1973 138 hd
126 Fischer vs Spassky Gligoric 1972 128 pb
127 Fisher v. Spassky Alexander 1972 144 pb
128 French Defense Gligoric 1975 309 pb
129 From The MiddleGame Into The EndGame Mednis 1987 220 pb
130 Gambits Burgess 1995 112 pb
131 Game Of Chess, The Tarrasch 1935 423 pb
132 Garry Kasparov - New World Chess Champion Kasparov/Neat 1986 115 pb
133 Grandmasters Of Chess Schonberg 1972 345 hd
134 Great Chess Upsets Reshevsky 1977 312 pb
135 Grunfeld Defence, The Hartston 1971 182 hd
136 Guide To Chess Endings, A Euwe/Hooper 1976 248 pb
137 Guide To Tournament Chess Lombardy/Daniels 1978 132 pb
138 How Chessmasters Think Schmidt 1949 125 pb
139 How Computers Play Chess Levy/Newborn 1991 246 pb
140 How Fischer Plays Chess Levy 1975 158 hd
141 How Karpov Wins Mednis 1975 383 pb
142 How Not To Play Chess Znosko-borovsky 1959 119 pb
143 How To Be A Winner At Chess Reinfeld 1954 180 pb
144 How To Beat Bobby Fischer Mednis 1974 246 pb
145 How To Become A Candidate Master Dunne 1986 250 pb
146 How To Defeat A Superior Opponent Mednis 1989 312 pb
147 How To Get Better At Chess Evans/Silman/Roberts 1991 254 pb
148 How To Get The Most From Your Chess Computer Kaplan 1980 138 pb
149 How To Improve Your Chess Horowitz/Reinfeld 1952 198 pb
150 How To Learn From Your Defeats Karpov 1985 105 pb
151 How To Open A Chess Game Evans/Gligoric/Reshevsky 1974 227 hd
152 How To Play Black Against The Staunton Gambit Shiller/Colias 1993 142 pb
153 How To Play Chess Like A Champion Reinfeld 1956 192 pb
154 How To Play Good Opening Moves Mednis 1982 128 pb
155 How To Play The Caro-Kann Defense Keene 1988 107 pb
156 How To Play The King's Indian Attack Schiller 1989 102 pb
157 How To Play The Middle Game In Chess Littlewood 1974 192 hd
158 How To Play The Opening In Chess Levy/Keene 1974 224 hd
159 How To Play The Torre Attack Schiller 1991 156 pb
160 How To Play Winning Chess Reinfeld 1962 188 pb
161 How To Reassess Your Chess (2nd Edition) Silman 1996 225 pb
162 How To Win At Chess Horowitz 1968 234 hd
163 How To Win In The Chess Endings Horowitz 1957 234 hd
164 How To Win In The Chess Openings Horowitz 1951 191 pb
165 How To Win In The Middle Game Of Chess Horowitz 1955 190 pb
166 Ideas Behind The Chess Openings Fine 1943 240 pb
167 If You Must Play Chess Denker 1947 190 hd
168 Illustrated Dictionary Of Chess, An Brace 1977 320 hd
169 Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces Stohl 2001 320 pb
170 Invitation to Chess - A Picture Guide To The Royal Game, An Chernov/Harkness 1945 221 hd
171 Invitation To Chess, An Chernev 1945 221 hd
172 John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book Nunn 1999 208 pb
173 Joys Of Chess, The Reinfeld 1961 288 hd
174 Judgement And Planning In Chess Euwe 1953 190 pb
175 Kasparov And Deep Blue - The Historic Chess Match Between Man And Machine Pandolfini 1997 171 pb
176 Kasparov v Deeper Blue King 1997 112 pb
177 Kasparov v Karpov Kasparov/Geller/Lein/Chepizhny 1991 150 pb
178 Killer Grob, The Basman 1991 175 pb
179 King Pawn Openings Marovic/Susic 1972 272 hd
180 King Power In Chess Mednis 1982 356 pb
181 King's Gambit As White Raingruber/Maser 1995 206 pb
182 Kings Indian Attack Smith/Hall 1991 247 pb
183 King's Indian Defence, The Barden/Hartson/Keene 1973 334 hd
184 Kings Of Chess - Chess Champions Of The Twentieth Century Winter 1966 271 pb
185 Lasker's Manual Of Chess Lasker 1932 349 pb
186 Learn From Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games Schiller 2005 240 pb
187 Leningrad Dutch, The DeVault 1992 266 pb
188 Leningrad Dutch, The Ehlvest 1993 139 pb
189 Leningrad Dutch, The Harding 1976 179 hd
190 Lessons From My Games Fine 1958 225 hd
191 Lessons With The Masters Evans/Smith 1989 133 pb
192 Lisitsin Gambit, The Gordon 1994 74 pb
193 Logical Chess - Move By Move Chernev 1957 250 pb
194 Mammoth Book Of Chess Burgess 1997 537 pb
195 Mammoth Book Of The World's Greatest Chess Games, The Burgess/Nunn/Emms 1998 624 pb
196 March Of Chess Ideas Saidy 1994 321 pb
197 Master Game, The James/Barden 1979 136 pb
198 Mastering The French With The Read And Play Method McDonald/Harley 1997 191 pb
199 Mastering The King's Indian Defence With The Read And Play Method Bellin/Ponzetto 1990 204 pb
200 Mastering The Modern Benoni & Benko Gambit With The Read And Play Method Bellin/Ponzetto 1990 165 pb
201 Mastering The Nimzo-indian With The Read And Play Method Kosten 1998 141 pb
202 Mastering The Spanish With The Read And Play Method King/Ponzetto 1993 245 pb
203 Mate In Two Moves - The Two Move Chess Problem Made Easy Harley 1931 216 pb
204 Middle Game In Chess, The Fine 1952 442 pb
205 Middle Game, The - Book One: Static Features Euwe/Kramer 1994 253 pb
206 Middle Game, The - Book Two: Dynamic... Features Euwe/Kramer 1994 279 pb
207 Mikhail Tal - Tactical Genius Raetsky/Chetverik 2004 160 pb
208 Modern Approach To Bird's Opening, A (pamphlet) Picket 1975 28 pb
209 Modern Chess Opening Traps Lombardy 1972 336 pb
210 Modern Chess Openings (12th Edition) Korn 1982 457 pb
211 Modern Chess Strategy Lasker 1951 217 pb
212 Modern Chess Strategy Pachman 1963 314 pb
213 Modern Ideas In Chess Reti 1943 181 pb
214 Modern Ideas In The Chess Openings Horowitz 1953 167 pb
215 Modern Openings In Theory And Practice, The Sokolsky 1972 241 hd
216 Most Instructive Games Of Chess Ever Played, The Chernev 1965 277 hd
217 Move By Move (pamphlet) Abramov 1973 37 pb
218 My 60 Memorable Games Fischer 1969 384 hd
219 My Best Games Of Chess  1908-1937 Alekhine 1927 284 pb
220 My Best Games Of Chess  1924-1937 Alekhine 1939 285 hd
221 My Best Games Of Chess  1935-1957 Smyslov 1958 154 pb
222 My System Nimzovich 1930 372 pb
223 New Ideas In Chess Evans 1972 185 pb
224 New Ideas In Old Settings (3 Q-B3 Against The Caro-Kann) Goldman - 77 pb
225 official Rules Of Chess - Second Edition Morrison 1978 122 pb
226 Open Gambits Botterill 1986 141 pb
227 Opening Repertoire for Black, An Marovic/Parma 1978 156 hd
228 Opening Systems For Competitive Chess Players Hall 1992 192 pb
229 Pal Benko - My Life, Games And Compositions Benko/Silman 2003 667 hd
230 Pawn Power In Chess Kmoch 1959 304 pb
231 Penguin Book Of Chess Positions, The Alexander 1973 171 pb
232 Picture History Of Chess, A Wilson 1981 182 pb
233 Play The Benko Gambit Ravikumar 1991 204 pb
234 Play The Dutch Defense (against 1.c4 And 1.Nf3) DeVault/Hickman 1993 195 pb
235 Playing Chess Wade 1984 160 pb
236 Polgar Sisters, The Forbes 1992 177 pb
237 Positional Ideas In Chess Love 1992 242 pb
238 Practical Chess Endings Keres 1973 262 pb
239 Principles Of Chess Mason 1946 366 pb
240 Principles Of The New Chess Pandolfini 1986 143 pb
241 Psychology In Chess Krogius 1976 243 pb
242 Psychology Of The Chess Player, The Fine 1956 74 pb
243 Queen And Pawn Endings Averbakh 1975 137 hd
244 Queen's Gambit Pachman 1964 252 hd
245 Queen's Gambit Accepted Gufeld 1986 120 pb
246 Queen's Gambit, The (two copies) Tevis 1983 243 hd
247 Reasses Your Chess Workbook Silman 2001 423 pb
248 Reshevsky On Chess Reshevsky 1948 272 hd
249 Reshevsky's Best Games Of Chess Reshevsky 1948 272 pb
250 Reti 1976, The (pamphlet) Weinstein 1976 52 pb
251 Road To The Expert Title, A Tangborn 1995 79 pb
252 Road To The Master Title, A Tangborn 1995 96 pb
253 Rook Endings Levenfish/Smyslov 1971 224 hd
254 Rubenstein's Chess Masterpieces / 100 Selected Games Kmoch / Winkelman 1941 192 pb
255 Russian Chess Pandolfini 1987 219 pb
256 Scandinavian, The John Emms 1997 144 pb
257 Searching For Bobby Fischer Waitzkin 1984 226 hd
258 Second Book Of Chess: The Nine Bad Moves Reinfeld 1953 124 hd
259 Second Piatigorsky Cup Kashdan 1968 228 pb
260 Secrets From Russia Olbrich 1993 477 pb
261 Secrets Of Rook Endings Nunn 1992 320 pb
262 Secrets Of The King's Indian Gufeld/Schiller 2000 312 pb
263 Sicilian Dragon, The Levy 1972 202 hd
264 Solitaire Chess Horowitz 1962 128 pb
265 Sorcerer's Apprentice, The Brontstein/Furstenberg 1995 304 pb
266 Spassky's 100 Best Games Cafferty 1972 254 hd
267 Stategy And Tactics In Chess Euwe 1973 172 pb
268 Strategy In The Chess Endgame Reinfeld 1964 128 pb
269 Tarrasch's Best Games Of Chess Reinfeld 1960 385 pb
270 Technique In Chess Abrahams 1961 215 pb
271 Test And Improve Your Chess Alburt 1989 128 pb
272 The Gambit Guide To The Benko Gambit Pedersen 1999 176 pb
273 Thousand Chess Endings - Vol 1, A Tattersall 1973 211 pb
274 Title Chess - The 1972 U.S. Chess Championship Hochberg 1972 229 hd
275 Total Chess Spanier 1984 231 hd
276 Trends In The London System, Stonewall Attack & Colle (pamphlet) Wade/Gkountintas 1992 42 pb
277 Trompowsky Attack, The Soltis 1995 132 pb
278 U.S. Championship Chess Lombardy/Daniels 1975 362 hd
279 U.S. Chess Federation's Official Rules Of Chess Redmand 1987 196 pb
280 U.S.S.R. v Rest Of The World - Challenge Match Keene/Goodman 1984 143 pb
281 Underhanded Chess Sohl 1973 113 pb
282 Understanding Chess Move by Move Nunn 2001 239 pb
283 Understanding The Open Games (Except Ruy Lopez) Soltis/Mednis/Peters/Hartston 1980 142 pb
284 Unknown Bobby Fischer, The Donaldson/Tangborn 1999 191 pb
285 Unknown Capablanca, The Hooper/Brandreth 1973 201 pb
286 Unorthodox Openings Benjamin/Schiller 1987 154 pb
287 Vulture And Associated Opening Systems, The Bucker 1986 178 pb
288 Weapons Of Chess Pandolfini 1989 287 pb
289 White Opening System - Stonewall Attack, Colle System, Torre Attack Soltis 1992 129 pb
290 Wijk aan Zee Grandmaster Chess Tournamen 1975 Kavalek 1976 272 pb
291 Willam Steintz - Selected Chess Games Devide 1974 109 pb
292 Winning Chess Chernev/Reinfeld 1948 231 pb
293 Winning Chess Brilliancies Seirawan 1995 257 pb
294 Winning Chess Openings Reinfeld 1961 265 pb
295 Winning Chess Tactics Illustrated Horowitz 1963 ? pb
296 Winning With 1.d4 Soltis 1988 143 pb
297 Winning With 1.f4 Soltis 1992 97 pb
298 Winning With The Benko Jacobs 1995 144 pb
299 Winning With The Benko Gambit Accepted - Semi Accepted - Declined Smith/Hall 1994 105 pb
300 Winning With The Bishop's Opening Lane 1993 152 pb
301 Winning With The Center Counter Smith/Hall 1991 91 pb
302 Winning With The Colle System Smith/Hall 1990 260 pb
303 Winning With The Dragon Ward 1994 208 pb
304 Winning With The King's Gambit   Vol II - Declined Soltis 1993 151 pb
305 Winning With The Leningrad Dutch 7...Qe8 Soltis 1993 71 pb
306 Winning With The Modern Norwood 1994 145 pb
307 Winning With The Reti Opening Smith/Hall 1993 147 pb
308 Winning With The Scandinavian Harman/Taulbut 1993 145 pb
309 World Champion Openings Schiller 1997 373 pb
310 World Chess Championship 1954 Golombeck 1954 166 hd
311 World Chess Championship: 1948-1969, The Gilgoric, Wade 1972 191 hd
312 World Chess Championship: Korchnoi/Karpov, The Keene 1978 159 pb
313 World Chess Shampionship - Kasparov v Anand Keene 1995 128 pb
314 World Cup Chess - The Grand Master' Grand Prix Kavalek 1990 285 hd
315 World Of Chess, The Saidy/Lessing 1974 247 hd
316 World's Great Chess Games, The Fine 1951 397 pb