10 must-read nonfiction books like The Soviet Chess Primer (Chess Classics) by Ilya Maizelis

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The Soviet Chess Primer (Chess Classics)

By: Ilya Maizelis

4.32

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ilya Maizelis's masterpiece is the definitive introduction to the game of chess. It has inspired ge…

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1. Play Winning Chess

By: Jeremy Silman , Yasser Seirawan

4.12

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Play Winning Chess is an introduction to the moves, strategies and philosophy of chess, with clear … read more

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  • games
  • nonfiction
  • chess
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2. Winning Chess Strategies, revised

By: Jeremy Silman , Yasser Seirawan

4.01

Format: 205 pages, Paperback

A complete overview of proven chess principles that teaches readers how to deploy their pieces usin… read more

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  • games
  • nonfiction
  • chess
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3. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

By: Leil Lowndes

3.78

Format: 112 pages, ebook

"You'll not only break the ice, you'll melt it away with your new skills."-- Larry King "The lost a… read more

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  • nonfiction
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4. Meditations

By: Marcus Aurelius , Martin Hammond , Diskin Clay

3.75

Format: 148 pages,

Written in Greek, without any intention of publication, by the only Roman emperor who was also a ph… read more

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  • nonfiction

5. Think and Grow Rich

By: Napoleon Hill , None , Bill Hartley , Ann Hartley

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

This is the original 1937 version of Napoleon Hill's Classic Book: "Think and Grow Rich". To the gr… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

By: Bobby Fischer , None , None

3.90

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

This book is essentially a teaching machine. The way a teaching machine works is: It asks you a que… read more

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7. My 60 Memorable Games

By: Bobby Fischer

3.86

Format: 136 pages,

In this book, published by Simon and Schuster in 1969, Bobby Fischer analyzes his most important an… read more

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  • games
  • nonfiction
  • chess

8. Logical Chess Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition

By: Irving Chernev

3.97

Format: None pages, Paperback

Having learned the basic moves, how exactly should a player improve? In this popular classic, the a… read more

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9. The 48 Laws of Power

By: Robert Greene , Joost Elffers

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

This amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive book synthesizes the philosophies of Machiavelli, S… read more

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10. Rich Dad, Poor Dad

By: Robert T. Kiyosaki

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Personal finance author and lecturer Robert T. Kiyosaki developed his unique economic perspective f… read more

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11. Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master

By: Jeremy Silman

4.14

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

For over 100 years, the world's leading chess players and teachers have told their students to stud… read more

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12. Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking: From the First Move to the Last

By: None

3.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

Grand master and prolific chess author Neil McDonald explains every single move made in 30 striking… read more

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13. Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

By: John Gray

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together bec… read more

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14. How to Beat Your Dad at Chess

By: Murray Chandler

3.69

Format: 355 pages, Hardcover

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15. Moby-Dick or, The Whale

By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco

3.55

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more

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"Call me Ishmael."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

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16. Surrounded by Idiots

By: Thomas Erikson

3.50

Format: 11 pages, Audiobook

A runaway bestseller in Sweden that has sold more than a million copies worldwide, Surrounded by Id… read more

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  • nonfiction
"... the Green's inability to change."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"Communication happens on the listener’s terms"

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"The analytical Blues are calm, levelheaded, and think before they speak."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

"Rhetoric isn't the art of talking but rather the art of getting others to listen."

-Thomas Erikson, Surrounded by Idiots

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17. Everyone's First Chess Workbook: Fundamental Tactics and Checkmates for Improvers – 738 Practical Exercises

By: Daniel Naroditsky

4.43

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Working on chess tactics and checkmates will help you win more games. It develops your pattern reco… read more

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  • games
  • chess
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18. Chess Improvement: It's all in the mindset

By: Barry Hymer

4.00

Format: 469 pages, Kindle Edition

Written by Barry Hymer and Peter Wells, Chess It's all in the mindset is an engaging and instructi… read more

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  • chess
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19. FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings

By: Paul van der Sterren

4.22

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

* The perfect survival guide to the chess openings * All openings covered * Detailed verbal explana… read more

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  • games
  • nonfiction
  • chess
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20. The Soviet Chess Primer (Chess Classics)

By: Ilya Maizelis

4.32

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Ilya Maizelis's masterpiece is the definitive introduction to the game of chess. It has inspired ge… read more

Similar categories in Ilya Maizelis's The Soviet Chess Primer (Chess Classics) book and Ilya Maizelis's The Soviet Chess Primer (Chess Classics)

  • games
  • nonfiction
  • chess
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21. Learn Chess the Right Way!: Book 1: Must-know Checkmates

By: Susan Polgar

4.42

Format: 578 pages, Kindle Edition

THE POLGAR WAY TO BETTER CHESS! Learn Chess the Right Way is a five-volume chess puzzle book series… read more

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  • games
  • nonfiction
  • chess

7 must-read games books like The Soviet Chess Primer (Chess Classics) by Ilya Maizelis

Transform Your Habits

Play Winning Chess

Jeremy Silman , Yasser Seirawan

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Winning Chess Strategies, revised

Jeremy Silman , Yasser Seirawan

4.01

Transform Your Habits

My 60 Memorable Games

Bobby Fischer

3.86

Transform Your Habits

Everyone's First Chess Workbook: Fundamental Tactics and Checkmates for Improvers – 738 Practical Exercises

Daniel Naroditsky

4.43

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15 Top nonfiction books like FCO: Fundamental Chess Openings by Paul van der Sterren

Transform Your Habits

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris

4.23

Transform Your Habits

Play Winning Chess

Jeremy Silman , Yasser Seirawan

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 (Dover Chess)

None , Jim Marfia , David Ionovich Bronstein , Boris Samoilovich Vainshtein

4.45

Transform Your Habits

Winning Chess Strategies, revised

Jeremy Silman , Yasser Seirawan

4.01

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