Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

I think it's still my favorite chess book.

https://www.amazon.com/Bobby-Fischer-Teaches-Chess/dp/0553263153/

Amazing post.  OP never claimed it was about Fischer he said it was his favorite chess book.  Instead of shitting on the book why don't you add something by either critiquing the book or offering a suggestion for one of the better books you reference or both?

A pretty nice book for beginners/novices that will definitely drill back-rank mates into your head. The small-format pulp paperback is cheap, although the print quality can be pretty poor on some print runs. (I also have the original larger format hardcover, with much better print quality.)

Someone released an electronic version of it way back in the Olden Days. It's a DOS CD with basically the same problems from the book, but it also contains "A Picture History of Chess", a beginner chess program by Richard Lang, and 500 of Fischer's games (unannotated, unfortunately). I think this CD might be floating around on the Internet Archive. The downside: It IS DOS, so you'd have to run it inside D-Fend Reloaded and/or Dosbox.

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess - A book review...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/bobby-fischer-teaches-chessa-book-review

Fun book as well.  I like to read it once a year.

I would guess Fischer wrote the numerous examples from his games.  Those sections are quite informative.

For suggestions regarding some more good chess books, check out...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

Not a bad book, but there are better beginners book. I like a beginner's book that also teaches basic tactical motifs of pin and fork that wins material. In this way a beginner's thinking process will not be one dimensional at only looking for mates in all his move. I also like a beginner's book that teaches the basic king and rook against a lone king mate endgame and two rooks mate endgame.

For a first beginner's book i prefer, Play Winning Chess , World Champion's Guide to Chess , The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess or How To Win at Chess by Daniel King.

It’s a key part of the design of chessable... taking it even further with spaced repetition. 

OP, I love this book too. It’s actually what started my obsession with chess. I used to love puzzles and now my whole world is 64 squares. 

I am on chessable too and like it very much, but I have not come across "programmed learning" on that site?  It is repetition until memorization.. good for memorizing concrete positions and also for reading a book very slowly and thoroughly, but I haven't found a good problem-solving feature (unless memorizing the answer to tactics/mates/endgames is considered "problem-solving"). 

Never read the book, isnt it just a puzzle book with mostly mate in 1s?

No it isn't . . .

it was designed for beginners and covers all phases needed . . .

You read and mark your answer, multiple choice, turn the page the answer is there . . .

When you get to the end, flip the book over and come back to the front pages doing the same . . .

it cost about $9:00 . . . I used to carry extra books to give to my beginning chess players . . . 

I would suggest to use a pencil so the answer s could be erased the they could give it back or pass it to someone else . . .

great book! . . .

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As good as the book may or may not be, that is bad title for a book that has nothing to do with Bobby Fischer.

I agree it is the gold standard book for beginners.

I learned a lot from it. I don't get why people are so hung up on whether Fischer wrote it or not. He allowed the publishers to use his name on the cover - he would hardly allow that if he didn't think it was any good.

I first read the book back in 1989. But it wasn't until I discovered this forum in 2019 that I noticed the Dubrovnik pieces on its cover.

It may be some of that but many more agree with my assessment than yours.