I subscribe to a few chess sites and have chess as a "following" topic in my Google News Feed.  A few weeks ago there was a news release about a new autobiography from a  grandmaster (I think).  The book is not about individual games with analysis but is a reflection on his life in chess.  I saved the tab from that article but didn't bookmark it. 

In the course of doing some sort of browser cleanup I managed to wipe out all of my open tabs.  Can anyone help me with finding this book?  TIA-  WyoDan56

Hmm.  I think you need to come up with more clues.

This ? [

Silman's Chess Odyssey: Cracked Grandmaster Tales, Legendary Players, and Instruction and Musings Paperback – May 1, 2022]

Not it, but thanks.

Found it!  The Last Gamesman: My Sixty Years of Hustling Games in the Clubs, Parks and Streets of New York
by Hoffmann, Asa / Hoffmann, Virginia

According to his book's marketing blurb on Amazon Asa Hoffman was a FIDE Master (not GM)....

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Gamesman-Sixty-Hustling-Streets/dp/1662922604/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2J4ZEYKWQV883&keywords=The+Last+Gamesman%3A+My+Sixty+Years+of+Hustling+Games+in+the+Clubs%2C+Parks+and+Streets+of+New+York&qid=1655017131&s=books&sprefix=the+last+gamesman+my+sixty+years+of+hustling+games+in+the+clubs%2C+parks+and+streets+of+new+york%2Cstripbooks%2C115&sr=1-1

However Jeremy Silman is an IM and a very well known chess book author, with several best selling chess books....

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jeremy+silman&i=stripbooks&crid=1SY3UBSG1L9QD&sprefix=Jeremy+silman%2Cstripbooks%2C141&ref=nb_sb_ss_c_3_13_ts-doa-p

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

Asa Hoffmann is a fascinating character.    I met him and lost at least one game to him at the Bar Point on 14th Street in Manhattan in the early 80's.   I look forward to reading more of The Last Gamesman .

[Edited the forum title so more people might become aware of these new books.- jbf]

Bruh

i don't get that photo choice for the cover, looks like some wino on a park bench.

I was underwhelmed by the choice of photo too.

I was looking for books like these just the other day. Anyone recommend any others? A nice collection of biographies of all world champs would be nice.