bobby fischer

bobby fischer

im tired.  drove bobby fischer to denver yesterday, in the crappy snowy weather, to meet my daughter, who drove in from st louis.  she is staying with us over the christmas break, for a bout a month.  this morning, we woke up and drove back home, and here i am, unwashed, tired.

i fear my chess studies will  be even more interrupted, since the kid is visiting for a month.

im going over alekhines games, having a blast doing it, what fun games they are.    in all this time, ive managed to read This crazy world of chess, the reletively new book by GM Larry Evans.  i read the signed copy i got from him at reno a few months ago.

what a fun book!  there are bobby fischer chapters, each about 2 pages long, with the longest chapter being, i think, chapter 28, at 16 pages.   the book is a bunch of essays, anecdotes, stories, memories.  a few games are in there, but only at the end of the chapters about something that had to do with the games played, for example, there is a chapter on ray charles interest in chess, and at the end is the game played between ray charles and larry evans.

the book is great for chess players and non-players alike.  it should almost be required reading for serious chess players, as it gives a good modern history and mythology about the chess world, and we should know where weve been.  its great for people who know nothing about chess, as it is just intersting how much craziness and weird crap surrounds the game.  scandals, themystery of alekhines death, stuff about bobby fischer you probably dont know, unless you are edwin dutch defense meyer, who knows all about fischer.

there will never be a this crazy world of monopoly or even this crazy world scrabble, although the professional scrabble world has its share of weirdness.

a super interesting insiders look into the chess world, all in bite sized pieces that you dont even have to read in order.

i would recommend it to anyone.

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Post je objavljen 18.01.2008. u 19:30 sati.