one chess book, and a set on a desert island….
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What book are you taking with you?
Jul 5, 2023
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@Krames - I’m taking this book because I purchased it yesterday and therefore it was on my person when the storm blew in and we ended up on Gilligan’s Island!😆
I was in between meetings in the city when I wandered into an antiquarian bookseller and this first edition from 1974 was the only chess book in the shop! I quite liked the style of the first few pages I read and it also contained these quaint articles … that sealed the deal. I don’t know whether it’s a good book or not but … it’s on the Island with me.👍
That looks like a good companion. So you got rewarded for your purchase doubly, not being stranded without a book. I was also lucky:
'Blissful Mistakes' on cursed island. Or was it 'Cursed Mistakes'? This mid-80ies book presents 500 games on 225 pages, sorted by openings, limiting itself to games of 12 or less moves.
2 interesting choices so far . . .
Mine is a much more well known book:
Chess Praxis - Nimzo
The Golden Dozen - Irving Chernev.
Jul 6, 2023
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My 60 Memorable Games - Fischer
It might not be the “best” book out there but it would be the one I’d miss the most if I couldn’t have it.
It might not be the “best” book out there but it would be the one I’d miss the most if I couldn’t have it.
Love the last 2 choices!
Last two choices would be good. However I would go for Tartakower and Du Mont's 500 Master Games of Chess, though I might be tempted by the Atco published combined version of Keres' Best Games.
Jul 8, 2023
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Logical Chess. You have it on YT as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eTB7oHeRgM&list=PLUrgfsyInqNa1S4i8DsGJwzx1Uhn2AqlT
ChessMasteryOfficial wrote:
Logical Chess. You have it on YT as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eTB7oHeRgM&list=PLUrgfsyInqNa1S4i8DsGJwzx1Uhn2AqlT
One of the finest chess books ever written (and one of the first I studied).
Jul 8, 2023
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Amateur's Mind, The - 2nd Edition
Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
Jeremy Silman
.. Brilliant
Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
Jeremy Silman
.. Brilliant
On a desert island I guess that the one book is more for ones entertainment than improvement since one will not have anybody to play against.
If I must choose only one book it would have to be...
"The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games" by Burgess, Nunn & Emms
125 annotated games. Unfortunately the 2010 edition, paperback book's production qualities leave a lot to be desired (i.e., marginal quality paper and binding), Fortunately however, the content is great!
View & download the games pgn's here.
You might also like to check out...
Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
Edit: There is a more recent, improved and expanded (145 games) 2021 edition of "The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games" edited by Wesley So, et. al. See the posts later in this thread by me, @lime56 and @Powderdigit.
Russ, the most recent edition of the Burgess, Nunn and Emms book is of better production. Larger page size and better binding. Paper quality could still be improved. It's why I went for the Tartakower and Du Mont book. There could be all sorts of extreme weather on this desert island and those Dover editions are indestructible!
I have a copy of that book, I agree, excellent content!
lime56 wrote:
Russ, the most recent edition of the Burgess, Nunn and Emms book is of better production. Larger page size and better binding. Paper quality could still be improved. It's why I went for the Tartakower and Du Mont book. There could be all sorts of extreme weather on this desert island and those Dover editions are indestructible!
@lime56 (or @Krames) -
Based on doing some extensive internet searching including on Amazon and Google Books, it appears to me that the most recent, 2021 edition (containing 145 games) of the book is available only as an eBook or Kindle edition. But your comment appears to indicate that the 2021 edition is also available in a hard-copy/print edition - can you confirm that a print edition of the 2021 edition has been published and is available? I have not been able to confirm this.
For example...
On Amazon USA webpage it allows selection/choice of either a Kindle or a paperback edition. The Kindle edition is the most recent, updated edition containing 145 games (Wesley So, et. al. editors); selecting the paperback (print) edition brings up the original edition containing 125 games...
https://www.amazon.com/Mammoth-Worlds-Greatest-Chess-Games-ebook/dp/B08V23CZM5/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=9781472146212&linkCode=qs&qid=1688858076&s=books&sr=1-1
the following excerpt is from the eBook edition containing 145 games....
https://nook.barnesandnoble.com/products/9781472146212/sample?sourceEan=9781472146229
This Google Books excerpt shows the eBook edition....
Jul 9, 2023
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#18
I would take “Five Crowns” by Seirawan and Tisdall. It covered the 5 Kasparov-Karpov World Championship Matches from 1984-1990 and the authors were entertaining in covering the NY/Lyon 1990 match. I have read that even Fischer liked the book (can’t remember which article was it).
Another book worth taking is the “Winning Chess Brilliancies” by the same author comes to mind.
Another book worth taking is the “Winning Chess Brilliancies” by the same author comes to mind.
Russ, see front cover and publisher/author details of my copy recently purchased in UK. Note additional author and more games, latest being Studer Vs Rapport from 2019/20. 
front cover