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Book Review: Dark Squares, by Danny Rensch
An important modern figure in chess charts his journey spiritually and over the board.
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Book Review: The Philosopher and the Housewife by Willy Hendriks
A thought-provoking critical look at the Nimzowitsch-Tarrasch debate
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Book Review: Tal-Botvinnik 1960 by Mikhail Tal
Maybe the greatest match book of all time?
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Book Review: How Not To Play Chess by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Russell Enterprises reprints an old classic.
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Book Review: Instructive Chess Miniatures by Alper Efe Ataman
Inspirational Chess Snacks
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Chessable Course Review: Chess Destiny: Lessons from an Adult Improver and his Coach by Omar Mills (aka ChessVonDoom)
Conversational Chess Therapy For Chess Players Stuck Below 1200.
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Book Review: Bobby Fischer and His World by John Donaldson
Chess Americana
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Book Review: Botvinnik: Move by Move, by Cyrus Lakdawala
A Move by Move book that shows its age more than others (but it's still good)
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Book Review: Chess Tactics from Scratch by Martin Weteschnik
A modern classic, and a shoo-in for intermediate-strength players.
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Book Review: Chess in the Third Reich: How the Game was Played, Glorified, and Abused in Nazi Germany, 1933-45 by Taylor Kingston
A fascinating historical deep dive into the darkest period of German Chess. What can we learn? And how could it apply today?
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Book Review: A Century of Chess Book I: 1900-1909
A decade's best chess hits
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Book Review: The Real Paul Morphy, by Charles Hertan
Part Game Collection, Part Biography. A look at the whole of the American giant.
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