Every chess player enjoys reading a good chess book!
The first book that I am adding to The Bookshelf is My 60 Memorable Games.
This book is a great collection of games played by Bobby Fischer with wonderful annotations of his thoughts and a strong analysis of the moves he played.
Firstly… I love this book! This is a book where you will need your chess set. But the important part is, you will want your chess set out to see the great things this book has to offer and you wont want to put it away.
I have made my way through all the games and have found it to be really helpful in getting my brain back into “chess mode” after not playing much chess at all. It gives great insights into the opening moves, focusing primarily on the Sicilian, Ruy Lopez and Kings Indian but with other openings scattered throughout. This was really good for me because I love these opening lines and often play them in my own games.
After reading through this book I feel like I have only just scratched the surface and I really like that because it makes me want to go through and read it again and really study the ideas over and over until they are firmly cemented in my knowledge. Be prepared though as this will take up many hours of your time because there is an abundance of valuable lessons to be learnt from it!
I would recommend this book to those who have a solid understanding of the game as the ideas can be quite complicated at times and require a good prior knowledge of chess strategy and understanding of algebraic notation.
I give this book 5 stars!
I am looking at adding another book to The Bookshelf soon, so stay tuned for that one.