Strategy and Positional Chess Books

One of the common questions asked by a budding chess player is, which books must he chose to develop his positional and strategic skills? Often it is easier to find books , which focus on tactics, but to search for material on the most relevant strategy chess book is often difficult. I have made a small list of books which might be useful to develop positional skills.

Books by Kotov and Polgar focus more on tactics. Some of the easier to find books on strategy are by Lasker and Yasser Sairawan and by Bronstein. For some authors, such as Pachman, I have listed all available books even though I have gone through only a few pages from his book, Modern Chess Strategy. If his other books are any where near the quality of of those pages , then they too are worth studying. Positional play can't be divorced from tactics, so I have listed some books for that.

One of the often asked questions is - "Is studying Nimzovitsch relevant today? " . My answer would be that, yes, somewhere along the line, Nimzovitsch must be read. But not right away. Start slowly and build yourself from the bottom. Study the games of the great Masters... start with the great Rubeinstein.

The Development of Chess Style
by: Max Gms Euwe, John Nunn, Max Euwe

Judgment and Planning in Chess
by: Max Euwe

Strategy & Tactics in Chess
by: Max Euwe

The Middlegame, Book 2: Dynamic & Subjective Features (Algebraic Edition)
by: M. Euwe, H. Kramer

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The Art of the Middle Game
by: Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov,

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Modern Chess Strategy
by: Ludek Pachman All S. Russell

Modern Chess Tactics: Pieces and Pawns in Action
by: Ludek Pachman

Complete Chess Strategy: First Principles of the Middle Game
by: Ludek Pachman

Complete Chess Strategy: Principles of Pawn Play and the Cter
by: Ludek Pachman

Complete Chess Strategy 2: Principles of Pawn Play and the Ctre
by: Ludek Pachman

Complete Chess Strategy: Play on the Wings
by: Ludek Pachman
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Pawn structure chess
by: Andy Soltis
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Plan Like a Grandmaster (Batsford Chess Books)
by: Alexei Seutin, K Neat

Think Like A Grandmaster: Algebraic Edition
by: Alexander Kotov
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Soviet School of Chess
by: Alexander Kotov and Mikhail Yudovich

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