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There are some books and software that have established themselves as "classics" - they serve as a standard of excellence, with the bar set high and their value timeless. We have attempted to gather some of these classics into one category to make your browsing - and your chess - better...
 
Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games
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Analysing the Endgame
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Application of Chess Theory
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Art of Attack in Chess
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Art of Defence in Chess
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Bobby Fischer: His Approach to Chess
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My 60 Memorable Games
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Botvinnik-Bronstein, Moscow 1951
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 Botvinnik-Bronstein, Moscow 1951
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Capablanca
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Chebanenko Slav according to Bologan
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Chess for Tigers
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Chess for Zebras
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 Chess Fundamentals
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Chess Middlegame Combinations
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Chess Praxis
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Chess Strategy for Club Players
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Endgame Preparation
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Excelling at Chess
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Fischer World Champion!
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 Fischer World Champion!
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Fundamental Chess Endings
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Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - Part 1
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Grandmaster Chess Move by Move
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Improve Your Chess Now
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Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces
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 Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces (2nd ed.)
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Jon Speelman's Best Games
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Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1999-2005
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Learn from the Legends
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Logical Chess, Move by Move
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Mastering the Chess Openings
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Middlegame, Book One: Static Features
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 Middlegame, Book One: Static Features
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Middlegame, Book Two: Dynamic & Subjective Features
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My System
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 My System
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Napier: The Forgotten Chessmaster
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 Napier: The Forgotten Chessmaster (Hardcover)
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New York 1924
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 New York 1924
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Nezhmetdinov's Best Games of Chess
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Nottingham 1936
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 Nottingham 1936
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Open Files
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 Open Files
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Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions
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 Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions (Hardcover)
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Play the Ruy Lopez
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 Play the Ruy Lopez
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Questions of Modern Chess Theory
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 Questions of Modern Chess Theory
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 Rapid Chess Improvement: A Study Plan for Adult Players
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Reassess Your Chess Workbook
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Reuben Fine: A Comprehensive Record of an American Chess Career, 1929–1951
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 Reuben Fine: A Comprehensive Record of an American Chess Career, 1929–1951 (Hardcover)
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 Road to Chess Improvement
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Russian Silhouettes (New Enlarged Edition)
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School of Future Champions 1: Secrets of Chess Training
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 School of Future Champions 1: Secrets of Chess Training
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School of Future Champions 5: Secrets of Creative Thinking
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Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advances since Nimzowitsch
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 Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advances since Nimzowitsch
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 Secrets of Spectacular Chess, 2nd Edition
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Shady Side
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 Shady Side: The Life and Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker Chess Master (Hardcover)
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Soviet Chess 1917-1991
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 Soviet Chess 1917-1991 (Hardcover)
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 St. Petersburg 1909
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Tactical Chess Endings
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The King
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The Search for Chess Perfection II
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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 The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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 Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics
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Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess {2nd edition}
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Winning Chess Middlegames
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