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24 books recommended for fans of Practical Chess Beauty by Yochanan Afek, tied together by themes of Chess and Games & Activities.

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Each title here shares meaningful common ground with Practical Chess Beauty — in theme, mood, or literary style.

Test Your Endgame Ability — August Livshitz

Test Your Endgame Ability

August Livshitz

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Lasker’s Manual of Chess — Emanuel Lasker

Lasker’s Manual of Chess

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

The Greatest Attacker in Chess The Enigmatic Rashid Nezhmetdinov — Cyrus Lakdawala

The Greatest Attacker in Chess The Enigmatic Rashid Nezhmetdinov

Cyrus Lakdawala

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Winning Quickly with White — Iakov Neishtadt

Winning Quickly with White

Iakov Neishtadt

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps — Bruce Pandolfini

Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps

Bruce Pandolfini

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

What’s the Best Move? Chess Quiz — Larry Evans

What’s the Best Move? Chess Quiz

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Silman’s Chess Odyssey Cracked Grandmaster Tales, Legendary Players, and Instruction and Musings — Jeremy Silman

Silman’s Chess Odyssey Cracked Grandmaster Tales, Legendary Players, and Instruction and Musings

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Chess The Ultimate Chess Tactics and Strategies! — Aleksandr Smirnov

Chess The Ultimate Chess Tactics and Strategies!

Aleksandr Smirnov

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Learn from the Grandmasters — Raymond Keene

Learn from the Grandmasters

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

How to Play the Middlegame in Chess — John Eric Littlewood

How to Play the Middlegame in Chess

John Eric Littlewood

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

The Inner Game of Chess How to Calculate and Win — Andrew Soltis

The Inner Game of Chess How to Calculate and Win

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

LOGICAL CHESS — Irving Chernev

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Chess Basics The Quickest Way to Learn to Play (and Win) — Nigel Short

Chess Basics The Quickest Way to Learn to Play (and Win)

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Grandmaster Repertoire 8 – Grunfeld Volume One — Boris Avrukh

Grandmaster Repertoire 8 – Grunfeld Volume One

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

The Tactics Ladder – Advanced II 500 Chess Puzzles, 2000 Rating Level, 2nd Edition — MARTIN B. JUSTESEN

The Tactics Ladder – Advanced II 500 Chess Puzzles, 2000 Rating Level, 2nd Edition

MARTIN B. JUSTESEN

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

The Trompowsky — Nigel Davies

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

The Unknown Fischer — Cyrus Lakdawala

The Unknown Fischer

Cyrus Lakdawala

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Chess Openings For Dummies — James Eade

Chess Openings For Dummies

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

March Comes in Like a Lion, Volume 1 — Chica Umino

March Comes in Like a Lion, Volume 1

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Attacking Chess The King’s Indian — David Vigorito

Attacking Chess The King’s Indian

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Chess Tactics for Champions A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way — Susan Polgar

Chess Tactics for Champions A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

The Ultimate Dragon — Eduard Gufeld

The Ultimate Dragon

Themes: Chess • Games & Activities

Game Changer AlphaZero’s Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI — Matthew Sadler

Game Changer AlphaZero’s Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI

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 Practical Chess Beauty by Yochanan Afek. Among the authors featured: August Livshitz, Emanuel Lasker, Cyrus Lakdawala, Iakov Neishtadt, and others.

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