My 60 Memorable Games
Few chess books carry the weight this one does. Bobby Fischer guides you through 60 of his own games, pulling back the curtain on his thinking, his opponents' intentions, the logic behind individual moves, and the quiet psychological warfare that runs beneath every position. The range is striking. Elegant, unhurried positional play sits alongside combinations of startling brilliance, and the contrast never gets old. Almost all of these games were played at grandmaster level, yet Fischer's commentary remains clear and direct throughout, making complex ideas feel genuinely approachable rather than intimidating. Whether you're a club player or a seasoned competitor, there's a great deal to absorb here. This reissue also corrects something that troubled many readers of the previous edition: the alterations made to Fischer's original words have been removed entirely. What you get now is the unfiltered voice of one of the most gifted, tormented, and divisive figures the twentieth century produced. That restoration matters. Fischer's personality, for all its contradictions, is inseparable from how he understood chess, and reading his actual words rather than a sanitised version of them gives the book a raw, revealing quality that no amount of editorial polish could improve upon. For anyone serious about the game, this is simply essential reading.
- Author: Bobby Fischer
- Publisher: Batsford
- Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
- ISBN: 978-1906388300
- Pages: 384 pages