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Book Recommendations and Reviews on the Evolution of Chess
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Reti, Masters of the Chessboard, I believe it was called. euwe also did a book on chess evolution I believe. and Purdy did the search for chess perfection.
Maybe try:
The Big Book of World Chess Championships by Andre Schulz
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-115-kings-of-chess
The Psychology of the Chess Player by Reuben Fine
Modern Ideas in Chess by Richard Reti
Masters of The Chessboard by Richard Reti
A Short History of Chess by H. J. R. Murray
Grandmasters of Chess by Harold C. Schonberg
The Development of Chess Style by Dr. Max Euwe
The Great Chess Masters and Their Games by Fred Reinfeld
The World's Great Chess Games by Reuben Fine
Kings of Chess by William Winter
Golden Treasury of Chess by Francis J. Wellmuth
The History of Chess in Fifty Moves by Bill Price
Examples of chess history articles can be seen at:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/key-moments-in-time-lasker-s-last-stand
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-man-who-was-ahead-of-his-time
https://worldchess.com/2016/11/27/the-mighty-pen-of-howard-staunton/
https://www.chess.com/article/view/staunton-could-see-the-future
And here is a chess history video:
https://www.chess.com/video/player/philidor-s-pawn-mastery-1
I am looking for some book on the evolution of chess thoughts, from Romantic (Morphy), Classical (Steinitz), Modern, Hypermodern styles etc. Not too much game analysis, but I wish to understand more from the psychological perspectives, the (possibly) historical and cultural forces driving the change. Ideally, the book should be a mix of psychology (accessible to laymen) and chess with a bit of history thrown in, in a storytelling style. I know it is probably too arcane a topic to write on, especially by chess professionals. But still, any recommendation around these areas?