Re: best beginner chess books and developing chess books
I've played chess tournaments on and off for several years and I have about 200 chess books in my library. I don't recommend the overrated Winning Chess... series, especially Winning Chess Openings. If you can find it, get The Game of Chess by Tarrasch, and anything by Irving Chernev or Eugene Znosko-Borovsky. More than any others, I would recommend Logical Chess: Move by Move by Chernev. You should also pick up a used copy of Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, which will teach you some elementary tactics. I'd advise against reading anything by Silman until you've achieved a USCF rating of around 1500.
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