If it takes 10,000 hours, a real slow reader needs to read only one book.
How many books to read before you're a master?
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Dec 19, 2015
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#123
I never "got" "Catcher in the Rye." In fact I found it a bit repulsive. "Franny and Zooey" at least made me laugh in places though the characters tended to be somewhat pretentious and self-absorbed. For some reason, "Catcher" always reminded me of "Poem on an Underground Wall."
Dec 19, 2015
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#124
DrSpudnik wrote:
If it takes 10,000 hours, a real slow reader needs to read only one book.
yeah like the War and Peace or all 3 books of Lord of the Rings.
Dec 19, 2015
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#125
Catcher in the Rye is one of the best books I ever read. Why? I don't know, it just is.
Dec 19, 2015
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#126
I have always hated Catcher in the Rye. I just wanted to slap that punk in the chops.
batgirl wrote:
I never "got" "Catcher in the Rye." In fact I found it a bit repulsive.
Maybe you should have read it as a teenage boy ;)
I always thought "Catcher In The Rye" should have been called "The Emperor's New Clothes"...
waffllemaster wrote:
How many books worth of knowledge would a player have to read before they know enough to make master?
At least one. After all the versions of the bible, I suspect the least read books that are bought are chess books.
I too am a chess book collector. A separate hobby from chess ! 
I think as the amount of chess knowledge and understanding increases whatever the number is
increases as competition grows ever stronger and more knowledgible. Dozens - hundreds...? But other things like practice against masters and tournament competition as well as possibly lessons come into play. On tactics alone I have worked through 15 - 20 books and am only adequite at the NM level. Talent plays a large part also. Some thoughts from someone who earned the US NM title.
Jul 12, 2018
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#132
never been a fan of books. only one i ever touched besides opening books as reference was silman's endgame guide.
postmortems of your games, tactics, etc are far more important.
DrSpudnik wrote:
If it takes 10,000 hours, a real slow reader needs to read only one book.
haha 
Natalia_Pogonina wrote:
It's important to keep in mind that simply reading books doesn't make one a master. I've known top GMs who have read just a few chess books in their life and bookwormish A-class players who claim having read over 100 books. A lot depends on how the quality of the books, how deeply you understand the material, and how you put it into practice.
Best comment thus far.
You could read a thousand and never be a master.
Or you could read none and become one.
Has waffllemaster been here since 2012?
Rule of the Bone by Russell Banks is Catcher in the Rye for today's 30-somethings.