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Chess Anthology Order [Dan Heisman]
Logical Chess Move by Move - Irving Chernev
The World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book - Heisman
Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking - Neil McDonald
(Note: the non-anthology A First Book of Morphy by del Rosario can be read here)
Simple Attacking Plans - Wilson - contains a variety of master-master, master-amateur & amateur-amateur games
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played - Irving Chernev
The Art of Planning in Chess - Neil McDonald
Winning Chess Brilliancies - Yasser Seirawan
Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur - Euwe and Meiden
Best Lessons of a Chess Coach - Weeramantry and Eusebi
50 Essential Chess Lessons - Steve Giddins
Chess Success: Planning After the Opening - Neil McDonald
(Chess Strategy for Club Players - Grooten can be read here - it has mostly games but some game snippets)
The Giants of Strategy - Neil McDonald
50 Ways to Win at Chess - Steve Giddins (after this book I would go to individual game collections)
Understanding Chess Middlegames - John Nunn - Even though some of the games omit openings, this book is similar to Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played in that the games are organized by themes, and thus very helpful.
Giants of the Power Play - Neil McDonald - the final of this excellent five-book set
Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess - Sokolov - a fitting follow-up to The Art of Attack by Vukovich
Attack! - The Subtle Art of Winning Brilliantly - Neil McDonald - now a 6th book for this list by the GM, new in 2021
Understanding Chess Move by Move - John Nunn
Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces - Igor Stohl
Zurich 1953 - David Bronstein
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