Who is your favorite chess author?

Tartakower was responsible for setting out the pieces in a game featured in one of the early Bond films, I was told by someone who was then in the film business. If I correctly recall it was 'From Russia With Love'. And yes, he was a great wit.

Karpark, which book do you recommend by Tartakower, for a 1200 player

The From Russia With Love movie was about seven years after the death of Tartakower. I only know of two of his books that are currently in print. Of those two, I would guess that a 1200 player would have less difficulty with My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954.

http://www.thechessmind.net/blog/2015/2/9/a-brief-review-of-tartakowers-my-best-games-of-chess-1905-19.html

It occurs to me that there may be a third book that is available or, at least, not too hard to obtain: 500 Master Games of Chess. It provides sample games in lots of different openings, but I do not remember ever seeing it in an algebraic edition, so, for that one, it may be necessary to learn the descriptive notation. (Not really that hard, but some players hate having to deal with it.)

Ok Thanks

Euwe, Kasparov,Tal, Seirawan, Capablanca. They need to play well to write well.

Gennady Sosonko

I like almost every author, as long as they don't trash talk in the book and teach me somethings.

Jonathan Rowson.

1. Quite right, kindofspongey. Not the first time I've been misinformed by someone in the film industry. I checked on-line and, according to Nigel Short, the film game played by Spectre villain Kronsteen was actually taken from a game three years earlier between Spassky and Bronstein. Bronstein, Kronsteen - geddit? 

Adding John Nunn, a great author and a strong player as well.

Well, you've done it again, batgirl. Thanks to your reference to Sosonko, I went to amazon and looked him up. After spending some time enjoying the generous snippet of "The World Campions I knew" I purchased it, and this led me to buying another of his books, "Russian Silhouettes." I love this kind of writing. Won't help my game a bit, but I just love the stories. Thanks for dropping the name.

Be sure to also read Sosonko's "Smart Chip from St. Pertersburg" and "the Reliable Past."  Those two along with "Russian Silhouettes" form a kind of trilogy.

ANDREW SOLTIS

Thanks, batgirl. Currently they are pricey on amazon, but I will keep an eye on them.

Thus far I've read Nimzowitsch and am currently slow-reading Dvoretsky. Of the two I prefer the latter.