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May-10-12
 | | kamalakanta: Hms, I had White, not Black, in this game. |
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| May-16-12 | | wordfunph: Book Watch!
+ Picasso and the Chess Player: Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, and the Battle for the Soul of Modern Art by Larry Witham http://www.amazon.com/Picasso-Chess... + The Magic Tactics of Mikhail Tal: Learn from the Legend by Karsten Muller & Raymund Stulze http://www.amazon.com/The-Magic-Tac... + The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster by Tim Crothers http://www.amazon.com/The-Queen-Kat... + Chess Analytics: Training with a Grandmaster by Efstratios Grivas http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Analyti... |
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| May-24-12 | | wordfunph: "I am addicted to chess books. As proof of this, I'm being slowly but surely pushed out of my office by the 3,000 chess books that have made themselves comfortable there." - IM Jeremy Silman (in 2006) |
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| May-24-12 | | whiteshark: <wordfunph <+ The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster by Tim Crothers>> I copied your link also to her player's page --> Phiona Mutesi |
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| May-26-12 | | whiteshark: <A room without books is like a body without a soul.> ― Marcus Tullius Cicero |
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| May-26-12 | | wordfunph: Book Watch!
FIGHTING CHESS WITH HIKARU NAKAMURA
His Best Games annotated by Karsten Müller/Raymund Stolze.. http://www.edition-olms.com/index.p...
"It is truly disgusting that people are allowed to write books and profit off of our games without our permission." - GM Hikaru Nakamura
http://chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/e... |
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| May-27-12 | | parisattack: Apparently he was upset the authors did not at least contact him? I think its great having a cage-rattler in the Top 10 - classical chess probably needs a couple more like Naka. But he sort of needs to grow up I think. |
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May-31-12
| | blazerdoodle: great. Thanks. |
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| Jun-08-12 | | parisattack: I just finished my first read of Giddins new The Greatest Ever Chess Endgames. It is an excellent book, fills a need in the 'intermediate' category. I do like that he gives full game scores but think a few notes in the pre-endgame moves to drive the reader to the endgame would have been useful. I would recommend this to anyone who wants an enjoyable post-primer look at chess endgames. |
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| Jun-15-12 | | wordfunph: "A day without books is a lost day."
- Garry Kasparov |
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| Jun-22-12 | | wordfunph: Book Watch!
+ Capablanca: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
http://www.newinchess.com/Capablanc... + Break the Rules! A Modern Look at Chess Strategy by Neil McDonald http://www.newinchess.com/Break_the... + Anand - Gelfand Moscow 2012 by Daniel Lovas
http://www.newinchess.com/Anand___G... |
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| Jun-25-12 | | parisattack: Thanks <Wordfunph>
I am especially looking forward to McDonald's Break the Rules - he's one my favorite modern chess writers. |
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| Jul-02-12 | | whiteshark: http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...
I'll say! :D |
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| Jul-03-12 | | morfishine: 'The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal' authored by Tal himself, is a must-have for the chess enthusiast. This work stands apart from your 'normal' chess book. Written in interview style, one gets to know Tal, like he's your next door neighbor. Interspersed among his commentary on life, chess and relationships, one are Tal's personal annotations of over 100 games. Being a trained journalist, Tal brings these annotations to life with his colorful wit and self-deprecating manner. For example, one can't help but appreciate his humble manner when he writes "I allowed him to draw, in not so Grandmasterly style, when I overlooked a simple mate in two". Or when he offered a draw in a dead-drawn position, so he could watch the Soviet football team play in the World Cup. When his opponent refused, this angered Tal, who proceeded to grind out a 5-hour win. Throughout the book, Tal questions himself. Don't be misled to thinking he was filled with self-doubt; He was always looking for ways to improve, and to him, that starts with taking a good hard look at himself. Other personalities are developed too, like Geller, Korchnoi and Larsen. One interesting fact (that I was unaware of) to emerge was that Tal was working with Karpov on the anticipated match with Fischer in 1975. The advantages of the book are highlighted above: One gets a very well written biography that is humorous and candid, plus all those priceless annotations. A win-win for both the chess enthusiast and non-chess reader. A disadvantage of this book is I feel the two matches with Botvinnik were covered too lightly. I count a total of 9 annotated games total for both matches. I would've liked more, especially since there were relatively few draws. IMO, the best way to fully benefit and enjoy this work is to read it straight through. It reads too good to continually stop for each game. Once you are done, then go back and work through the annotations. Either way, 'The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal' is sure to bring your hours and hours of both reading and chess pleasure. |
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| Jul-03-12 | | talisman: <morfishine> excellent book and post...one question...covering the 61 match in the book tal makes light of all the "reasons" for his defeat...gives 2 offhanded jokes of his own for the defeat...yet before his death, when asked if he had any regrets, he said "I wish I had postponed the 61 return match."...must've had the physical problems coming on that would hit him hard soon.
on a different note...anyone got Kasparov on Kasparov vol 2?...got a cheap one coming from the chesstore. |
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| Jul-03-12 | | parisattack: The only thing I can add to this excellent review: Get the Hardback if you can afford it. This book is one you'll use over-and-over and the softback will take a beating. It is well bound as softbacks go, but it is also quite a thick tome. |
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| Jul-04-12 | | talisman: <parisattack> thanks. |
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| Jul-05-12 | | crawfb5: <morf> One reason for light coverage of the Botvinnik matches in Tal's book would be that Tal wrote a very good book on the 1960 match. |
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| Jul-05-12 | | hms123: <re-post from July 4, 2012> <morfishine: Thanks for the comments in the ChessBook forum regarding Tal's book. No doubt, you are right about his health and its effects on the 1961 WC match. Apparently, his friends urged him to postpone. Its strange that the only thing Botvinnik wanted was certification from Moscow doctors in order to agree to a postponement. Instead, Tal elected to play.
The book (which I read straight through and am now going thru again to play over the games), has prompted me to research Tal. I never really looked deeply into the man or his games. What a humble gentleman he was!> talisman chessforum <morfishine: Thanks for the comments on my review of Tal's book! And excellent advice to acquire a hard-back copy. My copy seems to be the reinforced soft-back style; the laminated type that resists fraying; Despite that, there's no doubt, since I will be handling this book often and 'aggressively' (now that I am working through his annotated games), a hard-back copy will be required and acquired for my collection. Thanks again, Morf> parisattack chessforum |
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| Jul-11-12 | | parisattack: <wordfunph: Book Watch!
+ Capablanca: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
http://www.newinchess.com/Capablanc>...
Anyone read any of these new Move by Move books? I think 3-4 out now. I am myself a bit skeptical of the format (Chernev, Nunn, et al) but tempted to try one of these soon... Everyman's Killer Sicilian (Rotella) on the Kalashnikov has been delayed again. My count, four times now over one full year. What's the scoop? |
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| Jul-14-12 | | wordfunph: GM Hans Ree from his column in NIC Magazine..
<Recently, Alexander Baburin wrote in his daily e-mail magazineChess Today about what he considered the ridiculous prices asked by sellers who were offering his out-of-print book Winning Pawn Structures on amazon.com. If I remember correctly, Baburin mentioned prices of over $400, but when I recently checked, I found even more outrageous prices of $1,225 (new) and $1,007 (used - like new).> price now stands at $157 to 555 (used) and $287 to 307 (new).. http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Pawn-... just two words: extremely foolish :( |
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| Jul-14-12 | | parisattack: Yes, its one of perhaps a half-dozen modern chess books that have gone ballistic in price. I did see this one go for $55 on eBay a couple months ago. Still some high, IMHO. |
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| Jul-22-12 | | morfishine: <crawfb5> Thanks for the information on 'Tal-Botvinnik 1960'...I just ordered a copy off Ebay |
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| Jul-27-12 | | morfishine: I just received 'Tal-Botvinnik 1960' by Tal. This baby reads good, real good. You can almost hear Tal speaking |
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Aug-03-12
| | kamalakanta: Morfishine, that is indeed a great book. Some writers, such as Tal and Bronstein, increase my love for the game. I just received another great book: "Grandmaster Preparation", by Lev Polugaevsky. Super nice individual, and he shares nice insights into the personal dynamics of the game, like Tal does. |
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