Fischer vs. Spassky: the Chess Match of the Century by Svetozar Gligoric. This was printed in 1972 and is probably long out of print by now. It not only goes through the games, but also all the drama between Fischer and Spassky behind the scenes. Frankly, the drama is more entertaining than the games at times! But it's also fun to pull out the little magnetic chessboard and go through the games, although to get the full benefit you'd need more than one board set up to work out the alternate variations Gligoric gives in the comments.
What Chess Book are you reading?
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Zurich 1953-Bronstein, Art of Attack in Chess-Vukovic, Capablanca's Best Chess Endings-Chernev, Silman's Endgame Course, The GAMBIT Guide to The Torre Attack-Burgess, Win With the Stonewall Dutch-Johnsen and Bern, The Caro Kann-Peter Wells, How to Open a Chess Game-Evans, Gligoric, Hort, Petrosian, Portisch, Keres and Larsen, The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book by John Emms and I'm about to start Test your chess IQ 1st challenge by Livshitz and The Stonewall Dutch section from Secrets of Positional Play by Dvoretsky and Yusupov.
kco wrote:
@ nuclearturkey are you reading all these books now ?
Yes, some more than others.
I am currently reading "Play the Grunfeld" by Yelena Dembo. This strategy is probably for me only, but I like to read up on different games of play (openings aren't specific) and I use all of the different tactics in my play. I am probably gonna get a lot of criticism for this, but in my opinion, any opening you choose (except the EXTREMELY stupid ones like fools' mate and (f4,e5,g4,Qa5#)) is "good" as long as you play it well. So, therefore, openings are generally unimportant and I tend to stick to gambits as white (usually King's) and the Pirc or King's Indian Defense as black. Due to my strategies, the Grunfeld fits perfectly with the type of defenses prefer. Now, having said that, the book is very good. It goes over all the main lines and the side lines. Granted, I have not finished the book yet, so I cannot give a fully accurate view of the book, but so far, and of what I have read and went over, the book is very good. It is clear and practical. It explains all the lines and explains the motives behind each move (by explaining what the result of the line is) and then explains how the line benefits each side (or one of them). I would seriously recommend getting the book. :)
Silmans endgame book, Lev Alburts pocket trainer, Khemelnetskis tactics exam are the 'right now' books. Vokovic has been staring down from the bookshelf for a few months now, but I am not ready for him just yet.
I'm currently on Nimowitch's My System and Silman's Complete Endgame Course. I'm waiting for the delivery of Reassess Your Chess and its Workbook.
Pachman's Modern Chess Strategy and Soltis's Pawn Structure Chess sound worthwhile ordering, and I thank the posters who recommended them.
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I'm reading Pandolfini's Solitaire Chess. According to the results I'm getting there, after playing through 40 of the 50 games, I'm a B class player (1600-1799). I see the book has limitations but I enjoy going through the games nevertheless. I'm sure it's helped me to see and to think about alternative lines. I'd love to see Jeremy Silman put together a book of Solitaire Chess games in order to feature endgames. Most of the games Pandolfini has selected are over in 30 moves or fewer.
Recently at my recommendation the local public library here bought a copy of Silman's Complete Endgame Course; also Pandolfini's Solitaire Chess and Susan Polgar's Chess Tactics for Champions which I also like very much. Chess for Success by GM Maurice Ashley I also enjoyed. Last summer I read the first half of Chess for Zebras which really sparked my interest in improving at chess.
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Books I re-read for enjoyment regularly
True lies in chess - fabrego
The Road to Chess Improvement - Yermo
Improve your chess now - Tisdall
Seven Deadly Chess Sins - Rowson
the book I am working through right now is
Imagination in Chess by Gaprindishvilli
that keeps me pretty busy.
"Quin's Gambit Accepted" by Aleksandr Raezkiy and Maksim Chetverik (Russian edition).
Currently reading:
The Kings of New York by Weinreb(book about a high school chess team)
50 Essential Chess Lessons by Giddins(book of annotated games explained for the intermediate player)
Theme Artistry by Furst(tactics book)