Below you will find many of the books recommended in the 2017-2019 Perpetual Chess Interviews. For more recent recommendations, please check the show descriptions of individual episodes. If you would like to see some of the most recommended books on Perpetual Chess you can check out Dr. Patzer’s spreadsheet here.
Recommended by GM Jan Gustafsson:
Recommended by IM Nazi Paikidze:
Written by IM Kostya Kavutskiy
Written by IM Christof Sielecki
Recommended by IM Christof Sielecki
Recommended by GM Jon Ludvig Hammer
Written by IM Michael Rahal
Written by GM Alex Yermolinsky (and recommended by Jon Ludvig Hammer)
Recommended by WGM Sabina Foisor
Recommended by GM Mesgen Amanov
Recommended by IM John Bartholomew
Recommended by IM David Pruess
Recommended by GM Pontus Carlsson
Written by GM David Smerdon
Recommended by GM David Smerdon
Recommended by GM Eugene Perelshteyn
Written by GM Hikaru Nakamura
Recommended by GM Hikaru Nakamura
Recommended by Writer Sean Williams
Recommended by IM Eric Rosen
Imagination in Chess by Paata Gaprindashvilli (out of print but available used)
Written by FM Alisa Melekhina
Recommended by FM Alisa Melekhina
Written by GM Danny Gormally
Recommended by GM Danny Gormally
Written by Coach Jay Stallings
Recommended by Coach Jay Stallings
Recommended by GM Robert Hess
Written by GM Judit Polgar
Written by James Altucher
Recommended by James Altucher
Recommended by GM Loek Van Wely
Written by GM Jesse Kraii
Recommended by IM Sagar Shah
GM Daniel King's Powerplay DVD Series
Written by IM John Watson
Recommended by GM Cristian Chirila
Recommended by Jonathan Corbblah
Written by WGM Jennifer Shahade
Recommended by WGM Jenn Shahade
Recommended by IM Andrey Ostrovskiy
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Recommended by GM Ben Finegold
Recommended by GM Nils Grandelius
Written by IM John Donaldson and IM Eric Tangborn
Recommended by IM John Donaldson
Recommended by IM Greg Shahade
Recommended by GM Pepe Cuenca
Recommended by GM Pascal Charbonneau
Recommended by GM Elshan Moradiabadi
Recommended by Mark Crowther
Recommended by John Hartmann
Too many books to list, but here is a google doc with all of John's favorite/recommended chess books. Enjoy. :)
Recommended by IM Asaf Givon
Recommended by GM Melik Khachiyan
Recommended by GM Yaroslav Zherebukh
Recommended by Adam Weissbarth
Recommended by Dan Lucas
Recommended by IM Kassa Korley
Recommended by Mike Hoffpauir and Carol Meyer
Written by Sunil Weerumantry , Alan Abrams and Robert McLellan
Recommended by GM Irina Krush
Recommended by Candidate Master Andrzej Kryzdwa
Recommended by GM Josh Friedel
Written by GM Genna Sosonko
Recommended by Judit Sztaray
Coach Jay's Chess Academy Complete Pack of Manuals
Recommended by Frederic Friedel
Written by FM Carsten Hansen
... plus many others :)
Recommended by FM Carsten Hansen
Recommended by FM Mike Klein
Written by NM Fred Wilson
plus many more :)
Recommended by NM Fred Wilson
Recommended by Stacia Pugh
Recommended by GM Yannick Pelletier
Recommended by IM Kostya Kavuiskiy
Recommended by IM Saravanan
Written by GM Andy Soltis
and many more :)
Recommended by GM Andy Soltis
Written by GM Lev Alburt
Plus many more. :)
Recommended by GM Lev Alburt
Plus the books of Yasser Seirawan, Susan Polgar and Dvoretsky.
Recommended by Tarjei Svensen
Written by Elliott Neff
Recommended by Elliott Neff
Written by Christopher Chabris
Recommended by Christopher Chabris
Recommended by Cristobal Cervino
Recommended by GM Michael Rohde
Recommended by Chessable Co-Founder David Kramaley
Recommended by Carsten Hensel
Recommended by GM Pontus Carlsson
Recommended by IM Mark Dvoretsky
Recommended by GM Johann Hjartarson
50 Attacking Games by Fridrick Olafsson (available only in Icelandic)
Written by GM Joel Benjamin
Recommended by GM Joel Benjamin
Written by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
Recommended by GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
Recommended by USCF Master Vinesh Ravuri
Recommended by IM Tania Sachdev
Written by GM Mauricio Flores
Recommended by GM Mauricio Flores
100 Endgames You Must Know by Jesus de la Villa (on Chessable)
Recommended by NM Michael Aigner
Written by GM Jacob Aagaard
(plus many more great books)
Recommended by GM Jacob Aagaard
Written by GM Matthew Sadler and WIM Natash Regan
Recommended by GM Matthew Sadler and WIM Natasha Regan
Emanuel Lasker Volume 1 Struggle and Victories: World Champion for 27 Years
Recommended by GM-elect Michael Brown
Recommended by Stjepan Tomić
Written by IM Herman Grooten
My Magical Years with Topalov by GM Romain Eduoard
Written and Recommended by WIM Alexey Root
Too many to list :), please click over to the episode description and scroll to the bottom to see all of Alexey’s recommendations
See them here.
Written by GM Gata Kamsky
Recommended by Philadelphia Chess Society