14 Top chess books like Under the Surface by Ján Markoš

Cover of Under the Surface by Ján Markoš

Under the Surface

By: Ján Markoš

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The most significant difference between a grandmaster and a club player is not simply that the gran…

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Cover of Tal-Botvinnik, 1960 by Mikhail Tal, Hanon W. Russell

1. Tal-Botvinnik, 1960

By: Mikhail Tal , Hanon W. Russell

4.56

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

“Mikhail Tal’s splendid account of his world championship match victory is one of the masterpieces … read more

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2. The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

By: Mikhail Tal , Iakov Damsky , Kenneth P. Neat

4.50

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Mikhail Tal, the 'magician from Riga,' was the greatest attacking World Champion of them all, and t… read more

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"...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present. JOURNALIST. And your plans. PLAYER. To play!"

-Mikhail Tal, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

"I prefer to make my annotations 'hot on the heels', as it were, when the fortunes of battle, the worries, hopes and disappointments are still sufficiently fresh in my mind. Much as I would like to, I…"

-Mikhail Tal, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

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3. The Elephant Vanishes

By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin , Alfred Birnbaum

3.83

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780679750536 With the same deadpan mania and genius for disloca… read more

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"Memory is like fiction: or else it' fiction that's like memory."

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

"Sometimes when I think about entities—like in “separate entities"

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

"Memory is like fiction: or else it's fiction that's like memory."

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

"The moment I see her, there’s a rumbling in my chest, and my mouth is as dry as a desert."

-Haruki Murakami, The Elephant Vanishes

Cover of Play Winning Chess by Jeremy Silman, Yasser Seirawan

4. 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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Cover of The Seven Deadly Chess Sins by Jonathan Rowson

5. The Seven Deadly Chess Sins

By: Jonathan Rowson

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

An investigation of the main reasons why chess players sometimes go astray - the seven deadly chess… read more

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6. How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course

By: Jeremy Silman

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

How to Reassess Your Chess is the popular step-by-step course that will create a marked improvement… 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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8. The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain

By: David Shenk

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a pr… read more

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9. 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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10. Art of Attack in Chess

By: None

3.78

Format: 584 pages, Paperback

One of the finest chess books ever written, the Art of Attack has been transcribed into algebraic n… read more

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11. Stoner

By: John Williams , John McGahern

4.34

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming famil… read more

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"Annesi, hayatını sabırla kabullenmişti, katlanmak zorunda olduğu uzun bir anmışçasına."

-John Williams, Stoner

"Within a month he knew that his marriage was a failure; within a year he stopped hoping that it would improve."

-John Williams, Stoner

"But the required survey of English literature troubled and disquieted him in a way nothing had ever done before."

-John Williams, Stoner

"While they talked they remembered the years of their youth, and each thought of the other as he had been at another time."

-John Williams, Stoner

12. Chess for Zebras

By: Jonathan Rowson

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jonathan Rowson, author of the highly acclaimed Seven Deadly Chess Sins, investigates three questio… read more

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13. Understanding Chess Move by Move

By: John Nunn

3.69

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

This new title, the first of its type to explain the dynamic principles that underpin modern chess,… read more

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14. Move by Move: Life Lessons on and off the Chessboard

By: Maurice Ashley

3.71

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A little book of life advice drawing on the timeless wisdom of chess from Maurice Ashley, the first… read more

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Cover of Perpetual Chess Improvement: Practical Chess Advice from World-Class Players and Dedicated Amateurs (New in Chess) by Ben                 Johnson

15. Perpetual Chess Improvement: Practical Chess Advice from World-Class Players and Dedicated Amateurs (New in Chess)

By: Ben Johnson

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In a world awash in educational chess content, knowing how to study the game most effectively can b… read more

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Cover of The Moves That Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life by Jonathan Rowson

16. The Moves That Matter: A Chess Grandmaster on the Game of Life

By: Jonathan Rowson

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A chess grandmaster reveals the powerful teachings this ancient game offers for staying present, th… read more

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Cover of Game Changer: AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI by Matthew Sadler

17. Game Changer: AlphaZero's Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI

By: Matthew Sadler

4.23

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

It took AlphaZero only a few hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the wor… read more

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Cover of New York International Chess Tournament 1924 by Alexander Alekhine

18. New York International Chess Tournament 1924

By: Alexander Alekhine

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

The great 1924 New York chess tournament is remembered as one of the most brilliant tournaments of … read more

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Cover of Under the Surface by Ján Markoš

19. Under the Surface

By: Ján Markoš

4.37

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The most significant difference between a grandmaster and a club player is not simply that the gran… read more

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Cover of The Complete Chess Swindler: How to Save Points from Lost Positions by David Smerdon

20. The Complete Chess Swindler: How to Save Points from Lost Positions

By: David Smerdon

4.32

Format: 1010 pages, Kindle Edition

Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything see… read more

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Cover of Mastering Chess Strategy by Johan Hellsten

21. Mastering Chess Strategy

By: Johan Hellsten

4.52

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

This book provides a basic foundation of strategy in all three phases of chess – the opening, middl… read more

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7 Top nonfiction books like Mastering Chess Strategy by Johan Hellsten

Transform Your Habits

The Art of War

Sun Tzu , Thomas Cleary

3.95

Transform Your Habits

The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal , Iakov Damsky , Kenneth P. Neat

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Winning Chess Strategies, revised

Jeremy Silman , Yasser Seirawan

4.01

Transform Your Habits

How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course

Jeremy Silman

4.11

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