Biographies and autobiographies of chess players.

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Drawgood

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could recommend any biographies or autobiographies from chess players, famous and not so famous. I am interested in reading about their lives, careers, and personalities. I am aware of the Bobby Fischer biographies. One I am reading is "Endgame" by Frank Brady. It is interesting but I am not as interested in Fischer than I am about normal people who are chess masters. For example I am really fascinated by the life and career of Roman Dzindzichashvilli. I am captivated each time he describes what the life was like in USSR before he became a defector and later became a champion for the U.S.. in his videos titled "Great Minds" he always describes whom he met and what sort of person they were. I wish he wrote an autobiography.

If you know any biographies about any chess players, let me know please.

RomyGer

Yes, their live and personality are interesting   --   and being a Lasker-fan, I can recommend e.g. Dr J. Hannak, Emanuel Lasker Biography  --  and I. and W. Linder  :  Lasker, genius...

dashkee94

I don't know of any bios on Dzindzi, but there are others--for example, there are several on Paul Morphy (most recommended is Lawson's book), Tal's books Life and Games of Mikhail Tal and Tal-Botvinnik 1960 are both excellant.  There is an interesting book titled Mortal Games by Fred Waitzkin that deals with the Kasparov-Karpov games strictly from an observers POV--no detailed analysis or variations, just prose about a WCC match.  I thought the book is way underappreciated.

Benedictine

Russian Silhouettes by Sosonko is an interesting read, and, It's not a biography as such but The Inner Game by Dominic Lawson gives a good insight to the Short-Kasparov 1993 match.