My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer

My 60 Memorable Games by Bobby Fischer

One of the most important chess books ever written, reissued in celebration of a chess genius, Bobby Fischer. The American takes the reader through 60 of his games, describing his thoughts, the intricacies behind his and his opponent's strategies, the tactical justification of moves and the psychological battle in each one. You''ll find beautifully simple positional play next to out-of-this-world combinations that are just breathtaking. Fischer played nearly all of these games as a grandmaster so they are at the very highest level, but his lucid commentary makes every move and idea both accessible and understandable. Every player will learn huge amounts from this book. It is essential for each chess enthusiast, competitor and professional. The controversial alterations that were made to Bobby Fischer's words in the last edition have been omitted in this book, so only the author's own words are expressed, giving a true insight into one of the most gifted, troubled and controversial minds of the 20th century.

Robert Fischer is a web application developer and technical leader who works as an independent contractor. He gives talks about Groovy and Grails, development best practices, and functional programming at conferences on a regular basis. He also contributes to open source in a variety of languages, with his most notable efforts being the JConch Java concurrency library, a Grails plug-in for background thread processing, and a Grails plug-in for automatic database updating. He and his wife live in Durham, North Carolina.