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Chess (Board Games, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Chess (Board Games, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $5.99, median 70 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 23/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $2.99 – $9.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 9% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $2.99 to $9.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Chess best sellers
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How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
by Levy Rozman
- List rank#1
- Price$12.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews3,958
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How to Win at Chess, Next Level: The Ultimate Guide for Intermediate Play
by Levy Rozman
- List rank#2
- Price$14.99
- Rating5.0
- Reviews83
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Chess Openings 101: The Step-by-Step Playbook for Beginners and Casual Players
by Gavin T Carlsen
- List rank#3
- Price$0.52
- Rating4.0
- Reviews51
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The Chess Revolution: From the Ancient World to the Digital Age
by Peter Doggers
- List rank#4
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews65
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Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition (Irving Chernev)
by Irving Chernev
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews390
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Chess Tactics for Beginner: ELO 600-1200: 1,200 Modern Puzzles to Improve Pattern Recognition, Calculation, and Winning Combinations Move-by-Move (Daily Chess: Beginner to Master Book 1)
- List rank#6
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.1
- Reviews40
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15 Chess Traps - How to crush your opponent in 10 moves or less
by James Alexander
- List rank#7
- Price$3
- Rating4.3
- Reviews71
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The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
by Josh Waitzkin
- List rank#8
- Price$13.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews5,468
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Chess Openings for Beginners: A Comprehensive and Simplified Guide to Chess Openings
by Cory Klein
- List rank#9
- Price$3.99
- Rating4.2
- Reviews505
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Chess Made Simple: A Beginner's Guide to Learn Rules, Develop Strategies, Master Tactics, Visualize Moves, and Build Confidence to Win More Games!
by Alexander Knight
- List rank#10
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews153
FAQ
Is Chess a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 23/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 70 reviews and sells for $5.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Chess?
The median best seller has 70 reviews, and 55% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Chess best sellers cost?
The median price is $5.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $2.99 and $9.99.
Can new books break into Chess?
9% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.