Top 5 Chess Books for Beginners (0-1200)

Here are 5 Chess books that helped me as a beginning chess player and that can certainly help you!

0:00-0:34 Why I made this video
0:34-1:48 #1 - 5334 Chess Problems by László Pólgar
1:48-2:45 #2 - Silman's Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman
2:45-3:54 #3 - Mastering the Chess Openings Vol. 1 by John Watson
3:54-4:32 #4 - Mastering the Chess Openings Vol. 2 by John Watson
4:32-5:19 #5 - The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games by John Nunn
5:32-6:08 If you only had to pickup two of these

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I hope you have a wonderful day! Let me know your favorite book in the comments :)

[kevinjones]

Great job, great enthusiasm, Chess Nerd! Would you be able to recommend an absolute beginner's chess book? Maybe one I could follow up with Silman's Complete Endgame Course? Thanks!

[mogret]

I bought the polgar book, but it was extra large print so it's 29cm x 21cm (11.4 inch x 8.3 inch) and I don't really think I need the diagrams that big 😅
I like that it start really easy :)

[amparoconsuelo]

Publishers of old edition chess books should revise the tournament chess moves to reflect the current algebraic notation burned on a CD and enclosed in the book and/or readily downloadable from the internet.

[hamarthomas]

Are you referring to online rating? Or OTB?
I'm 1650 at Lichess currently and I have never read any chess books. I have only analyzed my games and played a lot of online puzzles. Should I follow these recommendations too? Or would they be "weak" at this point? I don't wanna leave any knowledge gaps behind in my improvement

[michaelyip]

Lazlo Polgar is not a GM. Judit, Susan are GMs but Zsofia is an IM(maybe she is WGM also not sure)

[jumbroni]

This is for anyone playing online. Your ELO is not genuine online. How could your ELO be accurate when 50-80% of your opponents are cheating.