Robert Fischer, March 9, 1943, Chicago, Illinois – January 17, 2008, Reykjavik, Iceland. A tormented genius who won the 1957 US Open, Cleveland, Ohio; USA Championships 1957/58, 1958/59, 1959/60, 1960/61, 1962/63, 1963/64, 1965/66, 1966/67. Won the World Championship Match in 1972 from Boris Spassky: W7 L3 D11. FIDE declared Anatoly Karpov world [...]

MATHEMATICS AND CHESS
Miodrag Petkovic
Dover Publications, 1997
Limp cover
Reviewed by Dave Davis
This is a collection of 110 problems in geometry, algebra, and combinations based on the moves of the chess pieces. The only chess knowledge required is the rules of the game. The amount of mathematical skill needed is considerable.
The preface states: “Almost none of the problems [...]

[This book review was published in the Australian magazine Chess World and is written by Cecil Purdy.]
“The Art of Checkmate” by George Renaud. and Victor Kahn, former champions of France, is yet another demonstration of how very suited the French literary tradition is to chess exposition. The close attention to the order and neatness of [...]

The Life and Games of Carlos Torre
by Gabriel Velasco; Russell Enterprises; published 2000; 301 pp; limp cover; excellent printing and diagrams.
More than 103 games in figurine algebraic notation but too many are poorly played and/or horrible exhibition games.
Born November 23, 1904 in Merida, Yucatan province, Mexico, his family moved to New Orleans when he was [...]

Aaron Isayevich Nimzovich (1886-1935) is considered, along with Breyer and Reti, to be a founding father of the Hypermodern School. A preeminent theoretician, Nimzovich was also a potential challenger for the World Championship title: in 1926 Capablanca accepted his match offer, though Nimzovich was unable to raise the necessary funding. Nimzovich was from the beginning [...]