High on the list of "must read" chess books is "My System" by Aron Nimzowitsch. But when discussing it with some fellow chess coaches on the weekend, I had to confess that I'd never read it. I had it at home, and had looked at it a couple of times, but never made the effort, or so I thought. It turned out that not only had I not read it, I didn't even own a copy. I did have a copy of the follow up "Chess Praxis" but at some point in the past I had confused the two, and thought I had the former.
However the chess gods were clearly smiling on me as I walked through the doors of the annual Lifeline Bookfair here in Canberra. Heading straight for the "Board Games" section I not only spotted a large selection of chess books, but sitting right in the middle, calling out to me with its bright red cover, was a copy of My System, with $3 written on the inside cover. Into the bag it went, along with about half a dozen other books, and a glaring hole in my chess knowledge is about to be filled!
2 comments:
Old and outdated, but still a classic like Fischer's My Memorable 60 Moves . Good find Shaun. I'm a bit jealous.
Alex Toolsie
Today I went to Lifeline Bookfair. I was hopping to find some good chess books too. But I could find only five of them! Mostly for how to play chess or Chess kind of stuff. Anyway, it was compansated when I could actully buy 37 good books for only 30 dollars! It was a real lifeline bookfair for me.
Alimuzzaman
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