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10 Best Chess Opening Books

Goal: Find the best Chess Opening books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best chess opening books" and study the top 6+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

10 Best Chess Opening Books

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1

Back to Basics

Chess Openings

by Carsten Hansen

2

Modern Chess Openings

by Nick De Firmian

Also recommended by:

Dan Heisman

3

A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire for White

A complete plan of attack with 1 d4 and 2 c4

by John Watson

4

Chess Openings for Black, Explained

A Complete Repertoire

by Lev Alburt

5

Chess Openings for White, Explained

Winning with 1.e4

by Lev Alburt

6

Discovering Chess Openings

Building Opening Skills From Basic Principles

by John Emms

7

FCO

Fundamental Chess Openings

by Paul Van der Sterren

8

Kaufman's New Repertoire for Black and White

A Complete, Sound and User-Friendly Chess Opening Repertoire

by Larry Kaufmann

9

The Agile London System

by Alfonso Romero Holmes

10

The Ideas Behind The Chess Openings

by Reuben Fine

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Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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