Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
By: Fred Waitzkin
3.94
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
The compelling sage of three years in the life of a real American chess prodigy - now a Major Motio…
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1. The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
By: Mikhail Tal , Iakov Damsky , Kenneth P. Neat
4.50
Format: 496 pages, Paperback
Mikhail Tal, the 'magician from Riga,' was the greatest attacking World Champion of them all, and t… read more
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"...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present. JOURNALIST. And your plans. PLAYER. To play!"-Mikhail Tal, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
"I prefer to make my annotations 'hot on the heels', as it were, when the fortunes of battle, the worries, hopes and disappointments are still sufficiently fresh in my mind. Much as I would like to, I…"-Mikhail Tal, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
2. Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
By: Frank Brady
3.94
Format: 402 pages, Hardcover
Endgame is acclaimed biographer Frank Brady’s decades-in-the-making tracing of the meteoric ascent—… read more
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3. The Plot Against America
By: Philip Roth
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
This may be alternative history, but it is chillingly and convincingly realistic in its portrayal. … read more
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4. How to Reassess Your Chess: The Complete Chess Mastery Course
By: Jeremy Silman
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
How to Reassess Your Chess is the popular step-by-step course that will create a marked improvement… read more
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5. Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
By: Fred Waitzkin
3.94
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
The compelling sage of three years in the life of a real American chess prodigy - now a Major Motio… read more
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- chess
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6. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
By: Bobby Fischer , None , None
3.90
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
This book is essentially a teaching machine. The way a teaching machine works is: It asks you a que… read more
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7. My 60 Memorable Games
By: Bobby Fischer
3.86
Format: 136 pages,
In this book, published by Simon and Schuster in 1969, Bobby Fischer analyzes his most important an… read more
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8. The Immortal Game: A History of Chess, or How 32 Carved Pieces on a Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science and the Human Brain
By: David Shenk
3.97
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a pr… read more
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9. Logical Chess Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition
By: Irving Chernev
3.97
Format: None pages, Paperback
Having learned the basic moves, how exactly should a player improve? In this popular classic, the a… read more
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10. Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master
By: Jeremy Silman
4.14
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
For over 100 years, the world's leading chess players and teachers have told their students to stud… read more
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11. How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom
By: Garry Kasparov , None
3.89
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One of the most highly regarded strategists of our time teaches us how the tools that made him a wo… read more
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12. The Amateur's Mind: Turning Chess Misconceptions Into Chess Mastery
By: Jeremy Silman
3.00
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
This book takes the student on a journey through his own mind and returns him to the chess board wi… read more
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13. Blood and Guts in High School
By: Kathy Acker , None , None
3.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Janey lived in the locked room. Twice a day the Persian slave trader came in and taught her to be a… read more
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14. Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
By: David Edmonds , John Eidinow
4.28
Format: 120 pages,
In the summer of 1972, with a presidential crisis stirring in the United States and the cold war at… read more
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15. Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
By: Garry Kasparov , None
4.00
Format: 258 pages, Audio CD
Garry Kasparov's 1997 chess match against the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue was a watershed moment in… read more
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16. The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
By: Josh Waitzkin
4.60
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
Josh Waitzkin knows what it means to be at the top of his game. A public figure since winning his f… read more
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17. Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
By: Kyle Buchanan
4.33
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max:… read more
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18. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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19. How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
By: Levy Rozman
4.40
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
Learn chess from International Master and Youtube's top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess)… read more
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20. All the Wrong Moves: A Memoir About Chess, Love, and Ruining Everything
By: Sasha Chapin
3.79
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Sasha Chapin is a victim of chess. Like countless amateurs before him--Albert Einstein, Humphrey Bo… read more
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21. The Grandmaster: Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again
By: Brin-Jonathan Butler
3.42
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A firsthand account of the dramatic 2016 World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen a… read more
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