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> As far as a good book, I highly recommend "Bobby Fischer Teaches
> Chess."  It is a compendium of chess problems, mostly back-rank
> mates.  Some may scoff, but I consider it a great book (pb) for a
> beginner.  Unfortunately, I can't think of any other titles
> offhand.  Several authors come to mind, though: Irving Chernev,
> Fred Reinfeld, I.A. Horowitz, Raul Capablanca (Chess Fundamentals,
> or some such title, is a classic), and Aaron Nimzovitz.

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That's Jose Raul Capablanca and Aron Nimzovich.  Both are too advanced
for beginners.  Reinfeld writes for new players, so he doesn't omit details
that would be obvious to an expert.  His _Winning Chess Openings_ is a
great way to learn the openings.  (When you get better, you go on to
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Richard Reti's _Masters of the Chessboard._)

Horowitz was an editor of _Chess Review,_ and published a lot of game
collections.  A very lively annotator.  Like Reinfeld, he didn't mind
explaining things!
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	 many games is _you_ throwed away 'cause you never heerd o'
	 this rule?"	--Uncle Fischmeister's Maxims
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