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Book Review: Inside the Mind of Bobby Fischer by John Donaldson
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A collection of Fischer's thoughts and analyses worth studying 50+ years later
 • Nick Visel
Book Review: Chess Openings for Dummies
An opening sampler course, back for its 2nd edition.
 • Nick Visel
Book Review: 100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A good, prose-filled tactics book for intermediate-level players.
 • Nick Visel
Book Review: The Stories, Games, and Intrigues of Capablanca and Alekhine by FM Luis Fernandez Siles
An accessible, club player-friendly recapitulation of the Capablanca-Alekhine rivalry
 • Nick Visel
Book Review: Dark Squares, by Danny Rensch
An important modern figure in chess charts his journey spiritually and over the board.
 • Nick Visel
Book Review: The Philosopher and the Housewife by Willy Hendriks
A thought-provoking critical look at the Nimzowitsch-Tarrasch debate
 • Nick Visel
Book Review: Tal-Botvinnik 1960 by Mikhail Tal
Maybe the greatest match book of all time?
 • Nick Visel
Book Review: How Not To Play Chess by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Russell Enterprises reprints an old classic.
 • Nick Visel
Book Review: Instructive Chess Miniatures by Alper Efe Ataman
Inspirational Chess Snacks
 • Nick Visel
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.
 • Nick Visel
Book Review: Bobby Fischer and His World by John Donaldson
Chess Americana
 • Nick Visel
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)
 • Nick Visel
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