by Irving Chernev
This is a great book for beginners. I say that as a beginner myself. I feel the analysis of whole games really gives a feeling for the development of the game, and that the move by move format is great window into the specifics. It introduces a lot of basic strategic concepts along the way but also ...
The games contained in Logical Chess are fairly simple and Black usually makes a huge blunder within the first twenty moves (either terrible piece placement or blissful ignorance of White's mating attack). Thus the book is useful to learn a few development tricks that'll help you secure the point (r...
This is such a good book. Above all others I'd recommend this to people who have a bit of chess interest but think reading a book will be too hard. Having said that, you can be any standard and get something from it.
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