Basic Chess Endings

This fine book by GM Reuben Fine is part of the first batch of ammunition for building the foundation of Meralco Chess Team.

Amazon Review:
I haven't read any book as comprehensive as this one. This book contains the necessary endgame techniques a player must learn in order to win after 40 moves of play. There are also many instructive endgame positions in this book which a player may benefit from. Highly recommended.
http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Chess-Endings-Reuben-Fine/product-reviews/0812934938/ref=pr_all_summary_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Lessons in Chess Strategy

MCO takes care of the opening, BCE the endgame and CF and this one - LCS covers the middlegame. What more can we ask for?

With these new books, the Meralco Chess Team will be a much improved team come 2011.

Amazon Review: Beim's enthusiasm for the subject, combined with his deep knowledge, makes this a text-book on strategy that will surely benefit any intermediate level player.
http://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Chess-Strategy-Valeri-Beim/product-reviews/1901983935/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1 

Chess Fundamentals

This is another part of the cache of new chess books for Meralco Chess Team's quest for GOLD in the MVP Olympics 2011.

Amazon Review:
This is a superbly condensed, logical instruction book that will take your play beyond that of beginner and onto intermediate level. Capablanca was obviously an amzing endgame practitioner, and he rightly illustrates how practice and eventual mastery of simple endgame patterns trains your chess mind in the fundamentals of visualization and calculation--the two skills central to matering tactics and therefore evolving into an effective chess player.
http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Fundamentals-Revised-Jose-Capablanca/product-reviews/0812936817/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Modern Chess Openings

This comprehensive opening book is part of the first batch of new books for Meralco Chess Team courtesy of Sir Mon Segismundo of HR Group and Manager of the Meralco Chess Team to the 2010 MVP Olympics where Meralco won the BRONZE.

Amazon Review:
As advertised, this book is for the serious chess player at intermediate level and above. It contains extensive tables for all the main and most commonly played lines in openings played at higher level competition. 

The introductions for each opening are informative and interesting. It is easy (for advanced players) to then follow the tables to learn the main lines and the major variations of the openings. I'm sure that MCO will continue to be a great resource for intermediate and higher level players who need to have a reference book handy to look up an opening that is new to them, or to study a variation.
http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Chess-Openings-15th-Firmian/dp/0812936825/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289912374&sr=1-1