Reddit mentions of The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

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The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

Understanding Chess Move by Move

Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953

Tal-Botvinnik 1960

Alekhine My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937

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https://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Worlds-Greatest-Chess-Games/dp/0762439955#immersive-view_1520995540322

Is 8 years old, but I think it fits what you are looking for. It's a great read, and for every game it has a little blurb before with some player info. It is also chronologically ordered and thicc

Here's the standard unoriginal suggestion:

The Mammoth Book

In no particular order:

The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

Understanding Chess Move by Move

Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953

Tal-Botvinnik 1960

Alekhine My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937

Botvinnik Best Games trilogy

The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

Cool, I'll be sure to include this. I already do this as part of my studying.

Right now I am picking games out of http://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Worlds-Greatest-Chess-Games/dp/0762439955
and - after move 10 or so - taking the role of W or B and guessing the moves...I also write down my thinking process.

You can try a book that gives you an overview of the basic ideas of most common openings, such as Van der Sterren FCO - http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/FCO-Fundamental-Chess-Openings-p3561.htm

Then you can pick additional pieces of knowledge from annotated game collections such as Chernev's book or Mammoth greatest games of chess - https://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Worlds-Greatest-Chess-Games/dp/0762439955, or look for some instructive contents on YouTube (St Louis Chess Club or Derrek's channel have some good explanatory videos).

But all in all, understanding openings takes time, and the English isn't the easiest pick if you're a beginner, so you must be patient :-)