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| Aug-08-12 | | PhilFeeley: I don't know whether it has been asked here before so here goes: Has anyone read the new book Move First, Think Later by Willy Hendriks? (http://www.ukgamesshop.com/Merchant...) I wondered a while ago if that's how Carlsen plays. |
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| Sep-06-12 | | wordfunph: Book Watch!
+ How I Beat Fischer's Record by Judith Polgar
http://www.amazon.com/Fischers-Reco... |
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| Sep-25-12 | | wordfunph: coming soon to your nearest bookstore..
The World Champions I Knew by Genna Sosonko
http://www.amazon.com/World-Champio... if it's from Genna, it must be good! |
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Sep-27-12
 | | FSR: Browne's biography "The Stress of Chess" has just shipped, Amazon tells me. |
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| Sep-29-12 | | parisattack: The Sosonko tome should be excellent - I've enjoyed all his previous works. Looking forward to Browne, also. He was quite a character in American chess during the 1970s. I played a variation of the Najdorf Sicilian he and Bobotsov championed, had fine success with it. |
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Sep-30-12
| | FSR: I've read the whole text of Browne's book. Not the games, of which there are 101. I'd forgotten how much Browne dominated U.S. chess in his day. He always got smacked around in the Interzonals, though, which is why I've tended, perhaps unfairly, to dismiss him. The text is a good read, and I'm sure one can learn a lot from the games. He has written quite a bit about his poker-playing too, which has apparently been a lot more lucrative than chess for him. It's sad how most of the best U.S. chess players end up doing something else so they can make some money. Tarjan became a librarian, for God's sake. Not what I'd think of as a lucrative profession, but I guess it beats the $12,000 a year (IIRC) that he said he was pulling down as a professional chessplayer. |
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| Sep-30-12 | | parisattack: <FSR ...It's sad how most of the best U.S. chess players end up doing something else so they can make some money. Tarjan became a librarian, for God's sake. Not what I'd think of as a lucrative profession, but I guess it beats the $12,000 a year (IIRC) that he said he was pulling down as a professional chessplayer.> One of the factors was the huge influx of Russian immigrants in the 70s-80s. Yes, raised the quality of US chess enormously - but also pushed out much of the indigenous talent as the Russki's dominated the only real sources of income, teaching, open tournament prizes. |
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| Oct-10-12 | | parisattack: 'How to Write a Chess book' - I thought this was funny, clever, close to the truth of it: http://www.chess.co.uk/kingpin/King... |
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| Oct-10-12 | | hms123: <parisattack>
Thanks for posting the information on <How to write a chess book>. I will be starting on my new project, <Crushing the Sicilian with ease>, as soon as I can find a publisher. ;-) |
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| Oct-11-12 | | parisattack: Try Everyman. They'll publish anything on chess! To prove it, watch for my new book, <Annihilating the Alekhine> coming soon. |
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Oct-25-12
 | | kamalakanta: Hi! Does anyone here like Morphy's games?
Bronstein speaks very highly of him, calls him a genius, and even plays like him sometimes.... I just bought an iPad, and then I saw, in Susan Polgar's blog, something for iPad called E+chess....it is an application to buy chess books...the great thing is you can play through the moves, and even through the analysis lines. It is a free app., pretty recent. I got it, and then noticed they had a book about Morphy....by Geza Maroczy! This I could not pass! It turns out this book, originally published in 1907 or so, is available now in English...through this app.! Very, very nice. I could not pass the opportunity if a world-class player like Maroczy commenting on Morphy's games. I recommend it to anyone with an iPad.... |
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Oct-25-12
| | kamalakanta: The app. is available through iTunes store... E+chess |
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Oct-26-12
| | kamalakanta: And, by the way, I would like to recommend Shipov's "The Complete Hedgehog". Entertaining, and quite informative! |
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| Oct-28-12 | | parisattack: Everyone loves Morphy! I have always felt much to be learned by the modern chess student from his games; should be the first player studied. It is terrific many of the 19th century and OOP Morphy books are being reprinted - and even available in electronic format for those who use them. I still prefer hard copy and originals, but content is always #1. MORPHY BOOKS
Please add to the list:
(My favorites '*')
* Beim, Valeri Paul Morphy: A Modern Perspective
Bisguier, Arthur & Slotis: Andrew American Chess Masters Morphy to Fischer
Charles Henry Stanley: Morphy's Match Games: Being a Full and Accurate Account of His Most Astounding Successes Abroad, Defeating, in Almost Every Instance, the Chess Celebrities of Europe
* Cunnington, Revd. E. E: Half Hours with Morphy.
* Del Rosario, Frisco: A First Book Of Morphy
Edge, Frederick: The Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy the Chess Champion
Freres, Thos: Morphy's Games of Chess and Frere's Problem Tournament
Horowitz, Al: From Morphy to Fischer : A History of the World Chess Championship
Horowitz, Al and Reinfeld, Fred: Great Games By Chess Prodigies : The Oustanding Early Games of Paul Morphy, J. R. Capablanca, Sammy Reshevsky, Bobby Fischer
Konig, Imre: Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik
Lange, Max: Paul Morphy
Laswon, David: Paul Morphy The Pride and Sorrow of Chess
Lowenthal, Johann Morphy's Games of Chess
Maroczy, Geza: Paul Morphy
* McDonald, Neil: Chess Secrets - The Giants of Power Play: Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy
Napier, William: Paul Morphy and the Golden Age of Chess
* Reinfeld, Fred & Soltis, Andrew: Morphy Chess Masterpieces : 40 Illustrated and Annotated Games
* Sergeant, Philip: Morphy's Games of Chess
* Shibut, Macon: Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory
Ward, Christopher: Genius of Paul Morphy |
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| Oct-28-12 | | hms123: <parisattack> Thanks for the list of books with info about Morphy. Some of them look very interesting. |
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| Oct-28-12 | | parisattack: List unscrambled:
Beim, Valeri Paul Morphy: A Modern Perspective
Bisguier, Arthur & Slotis: Andrew American Chess Masters Morphy to Fischer Charles Henry Stanley: Morphy's Match Games: Being a Full and Accurate Account of His Most Astounding Successes Abroad, Defeating, in Almost Every Instance, the Chess Celebrities of Europe Cunnington, Revd. E. E: Half Hours with Morphy
Del Rosario, Frisco: A First Book Of Morphy
Edge, Frederick: The Exploits and Triumphs in Europe of Paul Morphy the Chess Champion Freres, Thos: Morphy's Games of Chess and Frere's Problem Tournament Horowitz, Al: From Morphy to Fischer : A History of the World Chess Championship Horowitz, Al and Reinfeld, Fred: Great Games By Chess Prodigies : The Oustanding Early Games of Paul Morphy, J. R. Capablanca, Sammy Reshevsky, Bobby Fischer Konig, Imre: Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik
Lange, Max: Paul Morphy
Lawson, David: Paul Morphy The Pride and Sorrow of Chess Lowenthal, Johann Morphy's Games of Chess
Maroczy, Geza: Paul Morphy
McDonald, Neil: Chess Secrets - The Giants of Power Play: Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy Napier, William: Paul Morphy and the Golden Age of Chess Reinfeld, Fred & Soltis, Andrew: Morphy Chess Masterpieces : 40 Illustrated and Annotated Games
Sergeant, Philip: Morphy's Games of Chess
Shibut, Macon: Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory Ward, Christopher: Genius of Paul Morphy |
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| Oct-29-12 | | whiteshark: http://sphotos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot... ;D |
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Oct-29-12
| | kamalakanta: Paris Attack, thanks for the comprehensive list.
I am a pre-computer, post war baby (born in 1956), and I love chess books. This e-book by Maroczy, however, I could not pass. I hope it comes out in print one day. I really feel there is nothing like picking up a chess book from your shelves, and going through a few games of the Masters. You can stop at any time and admire a position. Smyslov and Rubinstein have that charm...the harmony in their formations is very pleasing, if we look at the artistic side of chess. Bronstein, Stein and Tartakower make me say "genius" more than once, and Tal, what can I say? The way he can impart his taste and character, the way he opens a position, well that is a Master Class in itself. Among the books about Morphy that you mention, Maroczy is probably the strongest player who commented on Morphy's games. That is why it stands out, it jumps at me, to see a great player commenting. Thanks again!
Kamalakanta |
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Oct-29-12
| | kamalakanta: Whiteshark, that is a funny photo.... |
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| Oct-29-12 | | parisattack: <kamalakanta:> You are welcome. Often the Morphy books are a bit too exuberant, non-objective. For this reason Marcozy's more objective analysis is definitely recommended. Morphy to me was the first 'power player' in a lineage that followed with Pillsbury, Keres, Bronstein, Geller, Stein (also one of my ATF players) and for a couple of years, Spassky. In the current era perhaps Topalov in his prime and Mamedyarov. Tartakower's Best Games (two volumes) are among my favorite chess books. It seems we are on the same page - no pun intended. :) And I am also a Boomer, 1950. Cheers and thanks for the note! |
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Oct-30-12
| | kamalakanta: Yes, Paris Attack, Bronstein mentions both Morphy and Tartakower as two players he finds inspiring. I am enjoying Tartakower's games very much. He can make great masters look like patzers! This morning I was looking at a game against Spielman at the Ostend International Tournament, 1907...unfortunately, it is not in chessgames.com.... He beats Spielman badly...
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6?! (5...Be7) 6. Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 Nf5 8.g4 a6 9.gxf5 axb5 10.fxg6 Qe7 11.gxf7+ Kd8 12.d3 Nd4 13.Qh5 Bg7 14.Nf3 Ra6 15.Nxd4?! exd4+ 16.Kf1! Rg6 17.Bd2 d6 18.Re1 Bg4 19.Rxe7 Bxh5 20.Re1! Bf3 21.Rg1 Be5 22. Bh6 Ke7 23.Bg7! Rd8 24.Bxe5 dxe5 25.Rxe5+ Kf8 26.Rg3! Bc6 27.Reg5 Rdd6 28.Rh5 Rxg3 29.hxg3 h6 30.g4 Bf3 31.Rxb5 b6 32.Re5 Rd8 33.g5 h5 34.g6 1-0 Black Resigns |
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| Oct-30-12 | | TheFocus: I just received my copy of Per Skjoldager's new book on <Nimzowitsch>. New and unknown games, tournaments, matches and photos!! A scholarly endeavor that truly has no equal in the field of player's bio/career books. A fantastic book from McFarland! I have will be posting a review after the weekend. |
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| Oct-30-12 | | TheFocus: <kamalakanta> I am currently working on Ostende 1907. The missing games will be submitted soon. |
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Oct-31-12
| | kamalakanta: Thanks, TheFocus! |
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| Oct-31-12 | | TheFocus: <kamalakanta> Here is the game you are looking for. Tartakower vs Spielmann, 1907 |
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