Chess Books O'Plenty
By an odd and strange series of events, I have become the recent owner of a trove of chess books -- 96 to be exact.
Titles, authors, year of publication, etc. are all listed below. There are some real interesting ones in there including one all the way back from 1915 (very cool!).
| Title | Author | Year | Theme | Hard/Soft | Notation | Copies |
| 100 Master Games of Modern Chess | Tartakiwer, S. and Du Mont, J. | 1975 | Game Collection | soft | British | 1 |
| 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate | Reinfeld, Fred | 1955 | Tactics | soft | British | 1 |
| 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations | Reinfeld, Fred | 1955 | Tactics | soft | British | 1 |
| 200 Demanding Chess Puzzles | Greif, Martin | 1996 | Puzzle | soft | British | 1 |
| 500 Master Games of Chess | Tartakiwer, S. and Du Mont, J. | 1975 | Game Collection | soft | British | 1 |
| A Guide To Chess Endings | Euwe, Max and Hooper, David | 1976 | Endgame | soft | Algebraic | 2 |
| An Introduction to Chess Moves and Tactics Simply Explained | Barden, Leonard | 1959 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| An Invitation to Chess | Chernev, Irving and Harkness, Kenneth | 1945 | Misc. | soft | British | 2 |
| Art of Attack in Chess | Vukovic, Vladimir | 2002 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Attack and Counterattack in Chess | Reinfeld, Fred | 1959 | Tactics | soft | British | 1 |
| Begin Chess | Pritchard, David | 1992 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Best Lessons of a Chess Coach | Weeramantry, Sunil and Eusebi, Ed | 1993 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Better Chess | Gillan, A.J. | 1993 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess | Fischer, Bobby | 1972 | Misc. | soft | None | 2 |
| Chess Catechism | Evans, Larry | 1970 | Narrative | soft | British | 1 |
| Chess for Beginners | Horwitz, I.A. | 1960 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| Chess in 30 Minutes | Lowe, E.S. | 1955 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| Chess In a Nutshell | Reinfeld, Fred | 1960 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters | Lasker, Edward | 1969 | Narrative | soft | British | 1 |
| Chess Self-Teacher | Horowitz, Al | 1961 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| Chess Tactics for Beginners | Reinfeld, Fred | 1961 | Tactics | soft | British | 1 |
| Chess Theory and Practice | Morry, W. Ritson and Mitchell, W. Melville | 1967 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| Chess Traps, Pitfalls and Swindles | Horwitz, I.A. and Reinfeld, Fred | 1954 | Tactics | soft | British | 1 |
| Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games | Polgar, Laszlo | 1994 | Tactics | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Chess: The Search for Mona Lisa | Gufeld, Eduard | 2001 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Classic Chess Problems | Howard, Kenneth | 1970 | Tactics | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom | Schiller, Eric | 2000 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Essential Chess Endings Explained Move by Move (Vol. II) | Smith, Ken | 1992 | Endgame | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Evans Gambit and a System Versus Two Knights' Defense | Harding, Tim | 1996 | Specific - Opening | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| First Book of Chess | Horwitz, I.A. and Reinfeld, Fred | 1952 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| Fischer Spassky | Roberts, Richard | 1972 | Narrative | soft | British | 1 |
| Fundamental Chess Endings | Muller, Karsten and Lamprecht, Frank | 2001 | Endgame | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| How Good is Your Chess? | Barden, Leonard | 1976 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| How to Force Checkmate | Reinfeld, Fred | 1958 | Puzzle | soft | British | 1 |
| How to Improve Your Chess | Horowitz, I.A. and Reinfeld, Fred | 1973 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| How To Play the Chess Openings | Znosko-Borovsky, Eugene | 1971 | Openings | soft | British | 1 |
| How to Play the Endgame in Chess | Barden, Leonard | 1975 | Endgame | soft | British | 1 |
| How to Play Winning Chess | Reinfeld, Fred | 1972 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| How to Reassess Your Chess | Silman, Jeremy | 1993 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| How to Solve Chess Problems | Howard, Kenneth | 1961 | Puzzle | soft | British | 1 |
| How to Think Ahead in Chess | Horowitz, I.A. and Reinfeld, Fred | 1951 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| Hypermodern Opening Repetoire for White | Schiller, Eric | 1999 | Openings | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Ideas Behind The Ches Openings | Fine, Ruben | 1949 | Openings | soft | British | 1 |
| Mastering the Opening | Jacobs, Bryan | 2003 | Openings | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Mitchell's Guide to the Game of Chess | Mitchell, David | 1915 | Misc. | Hard | British | 1 |
| Modern Chess Openings (11th ed.) | Korn, Walter | 1972 | Openings | hard | British | 1 |
| Modern Chess Openings (14th ed.) | de Firmian, Nick | 1999 | Openings | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Modern Chess Strategy | Lasker, Edward | 1968 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| Modern Chess Tactics | Pachman, Ludek | 1970 | Tactics | soft | British | 1 |
| More Chessercizes: Checkmate! | Pandolfini, Bruce | 1991 | Puzzle | soft | Algebraic | 2 |
| New Ideas in Chess | Evans, Larry | 1972 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| Pandolfini's Chess Complete | Pandolfini, Bruce | 1992 | Narrative | soft | none | 1 |
| Pawn Power in Chess | Kmoch, Hans | 1990 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| Play Winning Chess | Seirawan, Yasser | 1990 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Play Winning Chess | Seirawan, Yasser | 1995 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Rapid Chess Improvements | de la Maza, Michael | 2002 | Narrative | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Searching for Bobby Fischer | Waitzkin, Fred | 1988 | Narrative | Hard | none | 1 |
| Simple Chess | Emms, John | 2001 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Standard Chess Openings | Schiller, Eric | 2000 | Openings | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| The ABCs of Chess | Pandolfini, Bruce | 1986 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| The Amatuer's Mind | Silman, Jeremy | 1999 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| The Art of Sacrifice in Chess | Spielmann, Rudolf | 1995 | Tactics | soft | British | 1 |
| The Basics of Winning Chess | Cantrell, Jacob | 2002 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| The Chess Café Puzzle Book | Muller, Karsten | 2004 | Puzzle | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| The Chess Companion | Chernev, Irving | 1968 | Narrative | soft | British | 1 |
| The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights | Smullyan, Raymond | 1981 | Logic | soft | None | 1 |
| The Complete Book of Chess Strategy | Silman, Jeremy | 1998 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| The Complete Chessplayer | Reinfeld, Fred | 1953 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| The Complete Chessplayer | Reinfeld, Fred | 1992 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| The Fireside Book of Chess | Chernev, Irving & Reinfeld, Fred | 1949 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| The Game of Chess | Golombek, Harry | 1980 | Misc. | Soft | British | 1 |
| The Golden Treasury of Chess | Wellmuth, Francis | 1943 | Misc. | Hard | British | 1 |
| The Grunfeld Defense | Hartson, William | 1971 | Specific - Opening | hard | British | 1 |
| The Logical Approach to Chess | Euwe, Max, Blaine, M., Rumble, J.F.S | 1958 | Misc. | soft | British | 2 |
| The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played | Chernev, Irving | 1992 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| The Official Laws of Chess | MacMillian Chess Library | 1989 | Narrative | Hard | none | 1 |
| The Pan Book of Chess | Abraham, Gerald | 1983 | Misc. | soft | British | 1 |
| The Petroff Defense | Forintos, Gyozo and Haag, Ervin | 1991 | Specific - Opening | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Weapons of Chess | Pandolfini, Bruce | 1989 | Misc. | soft | none | 2 |
| Winning Chess | Chernev, Irving and Reinfeld, Fred | 1948 | Tactics | soft | British | 2 |
| Winning Chess Brilliancies | Seirawan, Yasser | 1995 | Tactics | soft | Algebraic | 2 |
| Winning Chess Openings | Reinfeld, Fred | 1973 | Openings | soft | British | 1 |
| Winning Chess Tactics | Robertie, Bill | 1996 | Tactics | soft | Notational | 1 |
| Winning Chess: Strategies | Seirawan, Yasser | 1994 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Winning Chess: Strategies | Seirawan, Yasser | 2004 | Misc. | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Winning Chess: Tactics | Seirawan, Yasser | 2004 | Tactics | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Winning With the Philidor | Kosten, Tony | 2001 | Specific - Opening | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| Your Chess Questions Answered | Lalic, Susan | 1999 | Narrative | soft | Algebraic | 1 |
| TOTAL | 96 |
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