Read-alikes and related books

Books like Mastering Checkmates

If you loved Mastering Checkmates by Neil McDonald, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Chess and Games & Activities.

Chess Games & Activities

Top related books to Mastering Checkmates

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Mastering Checkmates.

The Catalan Move by Move — Neil McDonald

The Catalan Move by Move

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

The Chess Deck 50 Cards for Mastering the Basics — Levy Rozman

The Chess Deck 50 Cards for Mastering the Basics

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Chess Camp Checkmates with Many Pieces — Igor Sukhin

Chess Camp Checkmates with Many Pieces

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Attacking Chess The King’s Indian — David Vigorito

Attacking Chess The King’s Indian

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

My Chess Career — J. R. Capablanca

My Chess Career

J. R. Capablanca

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

The Game of Chess — Harry Golombek

The Game of Chess

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Positional Chess Handbook — Israel Gelfer

Positional Chess Handbook

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Genius in the Background — Tibor Karolyi

Genius in the Background

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Lasker’s Manual of Chess — Emanuel Lasker

Lasker’s Manual of Chess

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Chess For Beginners — I. A. Horowitz

Chess For Beginners

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Win with the Stonewall Dutch — Sverre Johnsen

Win with the Stonewall Dutch

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

How I Beat Fischer’s Record — Judit Polgar

How I Beat Fischer’s Record

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Build Up Your Chess 1 — Artur Yusupov

Build Up Your Chess 1

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

It’s Your Move — Rudolf Teschner

It’s Your Move

Rudolf Teschner

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Mayhem in the Morra! — Marc Esserman

Mayhem in the Morra!

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion — Tanitoluwa Adewumi

My Name Is Tani . . . and I Believe in Miracles The Amazing True Story of One Boy’s Journey from Refugee to Chess Champion

Tanitoluwa Adewumi

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships Volume I (1920-1937) — Sergey Voronkov

Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships Volume I (1920-1937)

Sergey Voronkov

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

The Trompowsky — Nigel Davies

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Chess & Criminal Trials — Bob Bodede

Chess & Criminal Trials

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

WINNING CHESS — Irving Chernev

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

The Logical Approach to Chess — Max Euwe

The Logical Approach to Chess

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Checkmate! The Game of Chess : Applying Strategies from Simple to Complex Problems — Greg Roza

Checkmate! The Game of Chess : Applying Strategies from Simple to Complex Problems

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Chess Queens The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time — Jennifer Shahade

Chess Queens The True Story of a Chess Champion and the Greatest Female Players of All Time

Jennifer Shahade

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Secrets of Chess Tactics — Mark Dvoretsky

Secrets of Chess Tactics

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Chess, Games & Activities — the same threads that run through Mastering Checkmates by Neil McDonald. Among the authors featured: Neil McDonald, Levy Rozman, Igor Sukhin, David Vigorito, and others.

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