1200-1400

1) Chess Tactics for Students by John Bain

2) Logical Chess Move by Move by Irving Chernev
3) Back to Basics: Tactics (ChessCafe Back to Basics Chess) by Dan Heisman
4) Winning Chess Tactics, revised (Winning Chess � Everyman Chess) by Seirawan
5) Silman�s Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman
6) A First Book of Morphy by Del Rosario
7a) Chess Openings for White, Explained by Lev Alburt, Roman Dzindzichashvili,
Eugene Perelshteyn
7b) Chess Openings for Black, Explained by Lev Alburt, Roman Dzindzichashvili,
Eugene Perelshteyn
8) 1001 Tactics Time! From the Games of Everyday Chess Players by Tim Brennan
and Anthea Carson
9) Build Up Your Chess 1: The Fundamentals, Boost Your Chess 1: The Fundamentals,
Chess Evolution 1: The Fundamentals by Artur Yusupov

1400-1600

1) Modern Chess Strategy by Ludek Pachman

2) The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev
3) Chess Training Pocket Book by Lev alburt
4) Chess Exam and Training Guide by Igor Khelmenitsky
5) Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Weeramantry & Eusebi

1600-1700

1) The Amateur�s Mind by J. Silman

2) My Best Games of Chess, 1908 - 1937 by Alexander Alekhine
3) Practical Chess Exercises by Ray Cheng
4) Capablanca�s Best Chess Endings by Irving Chernev
5) Chess Praxis by Aron Nimzowitsch

1700-1800

1) Art of Attack in Chess by Victor Vukovic

2) My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer
3) One Hundred Selected Games by Botvinnik
4) Understanding Chess Move by Move by Nunn
5) Build Up Your Chess 2: Beyond the Basics, Boost Your Chess 2: Beyond the Basics,
Chess Evolution 2: Beyond the Basics by Artur Yusupov

1800-2000

1) How to Reassess Your Chess by J. Silman

2) Fire On Board by Alexei Shirov
3) Fundamental Chess Endings by Mueller
4) Improve your Chess Now by Johnathan Tisdall
5) Dvoretsky�s Analytical Manual by Dvoretsky
6) Chess Strategy for Club Players by Grooten
7) Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 by David Bronstein
8) Dvoretsky�s Endgame Manual by Dvoretsky
9) My System by Nimzowitsch
10) Think Like a Grandmaster by Kotov
11) Build Up Your Chess 3: Mastery, Boost Your Chess 3: Mastery, Chess Evolution 3:
Mastery by Artur Yusupov

2000 and beyond

1) Secrets of Chess Training by Dvoretsky & Yusupov
2) Secrets of Positional Play by Dvoretsky & Yusupov
3) Chess Lessons by Popov
4) Grandmaster Preparation: Strategic Play by Aagaard