Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://www.openchessbooks.org/" rel="nofollow">Open Chess Books</a> is a site that aims to “republish classic chess books, with all diagrams transformed in animated boards, and release them for free.”</p>
  
  <p>They only have two books at the moment (<em>Modern Ideas in Chess</em> and <em>Chess Fundamentals</em>), but it's a great resource so far.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.chesstactics.org" rel="nofollow">Predator at the Chessboard</a> by Ward Farnsworth is a great primer on chess tactics that's available to read for free online or purchase in print form.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The Internet Archive is probably the largest repository of free ebooks. Project Gutenberg has old classics by Staunton, Bird, Ed Lasker and Capablanca.</p>
  
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Body: <p>As the title says, is there a site that provides (legal) online access to free chess books?</p>
  
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Title: Is there a site that provides (legal) online access to free chess books?
ThreadText: # Is there a site that provides (legal) online access to free chess books?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-08-31)
  
  As the title says, is there a site that provides (legal) online access to free chess books?
  
  **Tags:** learning, books, online
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2014-08-31. Score: 7
  
  [Open Chess Books](http://www.openchessbooks.org/) is a site that aims to “republish classic chess books, with all diagrams transformed in animated boards, and release them for free.”
  
  They only have two books at the moment (*Modern Ideas in Chess* and *Chess Fundamentals*), but it's a great resource so far.
  
  [Predator at the Chessboard](http://www.chesstactics.org) by Ward Farnsworth is a great primer on chess tactics that's available to read for free online or purchase in print form.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-09-28. Score: 3
  
  The Internet Archive is probably the largest repository of free ebooks. Project Gutenberg has old classics by Staunton, Bird, Ed Lasker and Capablanca.
  
  
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