I agree it's difficult to assess the top ten and this approach is more to
the point:

I would say there are 3 game collections I feel reassured of having:

The life and games of Mikhail Tal: The best about him I think

Selected games by Mikhail Botvinnik: Great learning

Taimanov's best games: Different approach but great at explaining ideas.


"2100USCF" escribió en el mensaje
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Today there are no 10 best chess books. A way to list your picks for the
'best' would be the books you would feel you absolutely need to grace your
library. There is no way I could pick a top ten from my collection without
flipping a coin. Just as an example, if I say these certain five books are
tied for the best, and these twenty books tied for second--I have already
gone over the '10' mark. The more chess books considered, the larger the
number as the 'best'.


"Mike McG." wrote in message
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Here's a subject which everyone may say has been done to death, but it
really hasn't been 'done' in the past few years. So everyone belly-up
to the bar and give us your opinion of the ten best chess books ever
written (or in your collection at least)...

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