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Originally Posted by cortman
I read somewhere else that you're also a chess player. I'm hoping to improve my game. Any recommendations on books on the subject I could use this voucher for? I'm pretty much a beginner- I know basic, basic strategy and tactics, but not much more.
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If you had asked me this question 15 years ago, I could have helped you with it, but nowadays, I'm only a casual chess player.
If you can find it in your language, or English, anything written by Max Euwe is good, but a lot of his stuff is now out of print (edit: apart from Dutch). He mainly wrote for beginners up to higher intermediate/low advanced level.
Someone who is both hailed and derided as a chess writer/teacher is Jeremy Silman. I have two books of his, and they were fine enough, if you like the "I always try to be funny" writing style.
One of the most used methods to learn chess is the Steps Method, by Bruna and Van Wijgerden, but it does start at the very beginnig. At step 6, the last one, it gets pretty advanced. If you can easily solve the problems in that step, you're a strong club player.
Ow, and this coupon is evil. I bought for at least a year's worth of fantasy reading...