Books by top US players 
(as of December 1999)

Rank

Name

State

Rating

Books

1

Gulko, Boris

NJ

2748

 

2

Seirawan, Yasser

WA

2703

Brilliancies
Competitive Chess for Kids : Winning Strategies Plus 25

Classic Checkmates from an International Grandmaster
Five Crowns
Microsoft Chess with Coupons
No Regrets : Fischer-Spassky
No Regrets : Fischer-Spassky
Playing Winning Chess (Winning Chess)

Take My Rooks

Winning Chess Brilliancies (Winning Chess)

Winning Chess Endings (Eu-Winning Chess)

Winning Chess Openings

Winning Chess Openings (Winning Chess)

Winning Chess Strategies (Winning Chess)

Winning Chess Tactics (Winning Chess)

Winning Chess Tactics (Winning Chess)

Play Winning Chess

Winning Chess Strategies

Winning Chess Tactics

3

Yermolinsky, Alex

OH

2696

 

4

Kaidanov, Gregory

KY

2677

 

5

de Firmian, Nick E

 

2676

Modern Chess Openings : MCO-13 

Modern Chess Openings : McO-14
 

Modern Chess Openings : McO-14
 

6

Benjamin, Joel

NY

2665

Unorthodox Openings

7

Gurevich, Ilya

MA

2664

On Top of the Chess World; The 1995 Wcc

8

Serper, Gregory

OH

2651

 

9

Christiansen, Larry M

MA

2642

Alekhine's Defense As White : The Four Pawns Attack 
On Top of the Chess World; The 1995 Wcc

10

Shabalov, Alexander

PA

2629

 

11

Schwartzman, Gabriel

FL

2624

 

12

Gurevich, Dmitry

IL

2618

 

13

Fedorowicz, John P

NY

2616

On Top of the Chess World; The 1995 Wcc

14

Kudrin, Sergey

MA

2610

 

15

Fishbein, Alexander

NJ

2609

Fischer : The Chess Career of Bobby Fisher (Chessbase University American Grandmaster Series)

16

Ivanov, Alexander

MA

2605

 

17

Dzindzichashvili, Roman

CA

2605

 

18

Dlugy, Maxim

NJ

2604

 

19

Kreiman, Boris

NY

2593

 

20

Finegold, Benjamin P

NY

2580

 

21

Stripunsky, Alexander

NY

2578

 

22

Sokolin, Leonid M

NY

2576

 

23

Orlov, Georgi

WA

2574

The Black Knights' Tango 

24

Sherzer, Alex I

 

2571

 

25

Kavalek, Lubomir

VA

2570

World Cup Chess : The Grandmasters Grand Prix

26

Rohde, Michael A

NY

2569

The Great Evans Gambit Debate

27

Lakdawala, Cyrus F

CA

2567

 

28

Shaked, Tal

AZ

2558

 

29

Sagalchik, Gennady

NY

2555

 

30

Altounian, Levon

CA

2550

 

31

Ashley, Maurice A

NY

2550

Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess /Bsl(15)Site Lic/M&W/Us
Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess /Libraryc/Win/Us
Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess \Lab (5)L/Ww95/Us
Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess \School S/Us (For Windows)
Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess for Beginning and Intermediate Players
Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess for Beginning and Intermediate Players
Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess/Cd Rom for Windows
Maurice Ashley Teaches Chess C/Ww95/Us

32

Palatnik, Semion

TN

2546

Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player 
 
Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player 
 
The King in Jeopardy: The Best Techniques for Attack and Defense

33

Shliperman, Igor

NY

2542

 

 

34

Gufeld, Eduard

CA

2540

Caro-Kann Smyslov System 4...Nd7 

The Complete Dragon
 
 
Inside Chess Openings 

The Modern French Tarrasch
 

An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player
 
An Opening Repertoire for the Positional Player 
 
Chameleon Repertoire, the Richter-Veresov

Cjs Purdy's Fine Art of Chess Annotations (Purdy Series , Vol 3)

Classical French

Inside Chess Openings

Inside Chess Openings

Inside Chess Openings

Secrets of the King's Indian

Secrets of the Sicilian Dragon

Vasily Ivanchuk's Best Games (Cadogan Chess Books)

World Champion Chess Matches : The Definitive Guide to the Great Games and Intrigues of All the World Championship Matches

Benko Gambit Accepted (MacMillan Chess Library)

Exploiting Small Advantages

My Life in Chess

Queen's Gambit Accepted (MacMillan Library of Chess)
The Sicilian for the Tournament Player

Winning With the King's Indian

Winning With the Torre Attack (Batsford Chess Library)

35

Browne, Walter S

CA

2538

 

36

Felecan, Florin

IL

2534

 

37

Bradford, Joseph Mark

TX

2530

 

38

Donaldson, W John

CA

2530

Accelerated Dragons 
 
Akiba Rubinstein : The Later Years 
 
Alekhine in Europe and Asia 
 
Alekhine in the Americas 
 
Legend on the Road 
 
A Strategic Opening Repertoire 
 
How to Win Quickly at Chess

A Legend on the Road
 
Akiba Rubinstein : Uncrowned King

39

Waitzkin, Joshua

NY

2525

Josh Waitzkin's Attacking Chess : Aggressive Strategies and Inside Moves from the U.S. Junior Chess Champion (Fireside Chess Library) 

40

Mulyar, Michael A

CO

2523

 

41

Peters, Jack

CA

2519

 

42

Sammour-Hasbun, Jorge E

RI

2518

 

43

Deng, Kong Liang

HI

2512

 

44

Mc Cambridge, Vincent E

CA

2511

 

45

Duque, Raymond D

TX

2509

 

46

Shahade, Gregory

NY

2507

 

47

Odendahl, Steven M

CO

2507

 

48

Ginsburg, Mark

MD

2503

 

49

Ivanov, Igor

AZ

2502

 

50

Ziatdinov, Rashid

AZ

2501