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Jeff, you've given me much pause for thought. Knowing you (at least as an online person) I think I have a better suggestion for your chess learning needs.
Emanuel Lasker was world champion from 1894-1921. But more than that he was a brilliant dilletante. He held a PhD in mathematics, but believed himself to be a great philosopher in the "speculative" tradition of much 19th century German philosophy. His brilliant Manual of Chess was my first serious chess book. To many readers it may seem a bit old-fashioned. But if you have any taste for characters like Lasker, it's a feast. It is a brilliant beginner's treatise on chess, all couched in his amusing reflections on life and philosophy. It is a great read. The Dover edition is excellent and cheap, but a newer version is available. Lasker translated his original Lehrbuch des Schachspiels into English himself, and his prose is excellent. You may wish to read the original, though. I think you would find either of these books absolutely delightful. John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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