Best chess theory books for beginners What are the best chess books regarding theory and such for beginners?
A book often recommended to beginners is Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev. It contains 33 games with text explanations for every single move.

Dan Heisman also recommends other books in his web site, here are a few:


Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking - Neil McDonald
A First Book of Morphy by del Rosario
Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played - Irving Chernev 
Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur - Euwe and Meiden


[edit] Here's a PGN file of Logical Chess that you can play through using a game viewer like Scid vs. PC while you read the book. Or you can just use a regular chess set.