EP 85 | The Best Chess Puzzle Books Ever

Jun 8, 2023

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The Dojo (GM Jesse Kraai, IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess) rank the top 10 chess puzzle books of all time, with a help from bibliophile Ben Johnson, the creator and host of the Perpetual Chess Podcast (https://www.perpetualchesspod.com) .

0:00 Intro
0:12 How and Why Books Were Chosen
8:50 Puzzle Book Rankings

All books linked below (these are Amazon links which are no extra cost and help Dojo keep the lights on! win/win)

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The Dojo List!
1. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
2. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4
3. Think like a Super-GM, Adams/Hertado https://amzn.to/3qkFzDP
4. Mastering Chess Strategy Hellsten https://amzn.to/43jk9ph
5. Combinative Motifs, Blokh https://amzn.to/3WPbLLB
6. Winning Exercises for Kids, Coakley https://amzn.to/3OPFwu1
7. Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Kalinichenko https://amzn.to/45GOHTn
8. Practical Chess Exercises, Cheng https://amzn.to/3MRydiP
9. Domination, Kasparyan https://amzn.to/3CdlT7D
10. Positional Play, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3WK9XUl

Ben's List
1. Winning Exercises for Kids, Coakley https://amzn.to/3OPFwu1
2. Practical Chess Exercises, Cheng https://amzn.to/3MRydiP
3. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4
4. Think like a Super-GM, Adams/Hertado https://amzn.to/3qkFzDP
5. Chess Tactics from Scratch, Weteschnik https://amzn.to/43mHMNN
6. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
7. Forcing Chess Moves, Hertan https://amzn.to/3MGvjNK
8. Mastering Chess Strategy Hellsten https://amzn.to/43jk9ph
9. Chess Steps, Brunia https://amzn.to/43HZkU3
10. 300 Chess Positions, Alburt https://amzn.to/3WMZmrC

Kraai's List
1. Encyclopedia of Chess Endings, Kalinichenko https://amzn.to/45GOHTn
2. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4
3. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
4. The Best Move, Jansa/Hort https://amzn.to/3ITUQSo
5. Think like a Super-GM, Adams/Hertado https://amzn.to/3qkFzDP
6. Endgame Tactics, Van Perlo https://amzn.to/3WQ3XJu
7. Domination, Kasparyan https://amzn.to/3CdlT7D
8. Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations https://amzn.to/42gvh4Y
9. Positional Play, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3WK9XUl
10. Calculation, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3oCCtuB

Kostya's List
1. Combinative Motifs, Blokh https://amzn.to/3WPbLLB
2. Perfect Your Chess, Grabinsky/Volokitin https://amzn.to/43gqYI6
3. Mastering Chess Strategy, Hellsten https://amzn.to/43jk9ph
4. Woodpecker Method, Smith/Tikkanen https://amzn.to/45IzelS
5. Recognizing Your Opponent's Resources, Dvoretsky https://amzn.to/3Ccbjxw
6. Manual of Chess Combinations, Ivaschenko https://amzn.to/3NaEcR2
7. Imagination in Chess, Gaprindashvili https://amzn.to/3C7z0ai
8. Positional Play, Aagaard https://amzn.to/3WK9XUl
9. Domination, Kasparyan https://amzn.to/3CdlT7D
10. 5334 Problems, L Polgar https://amzn.to/43HyJH4

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