Every year brings out an enormous amount of new books – some good and some not quite up to snuff. Though our reviewers try hard to lead you to the books that will prove worthy of your time and money, a few stand out over all others for their fine writing, research, and original content. Here you will find what we at jeremysilman.com deem to be “must own” items for every serious chess library.

2003 Book of the Year Awards : 2003's best of the best.