Do you have a favorite chess book?

I own both Winter's Kings, Commoners, and Knaves, and his Capablanca. I don't have the Oxford Companion to Chess, and it is amazing to hear of Winter's sloppiness and thinness on particulars. Based on what I own, I suspect the author spends all his free time researching his book subjects in libraries around the world.

Oxford Companion (Hooper and Whyld) won't tell you much about more than a few tournaments. It is thin in that respect. Still, it's the best reference work about the game that I know of.

I'd like to have Winter's books for sure.

Blindfold Chess looks to be a super book for those interested in the subject.

http://www.amazon.com/Blindfold-Chess-Psychology-Techniques-Champions/dp/0786434449

Not cheap at $52.

http://www.blindfoldchess.net/

for more info.

Winter is not sloppy, but sometimes David Hooper and Kenneth Whyld are. They are the authors of the Oxford Companion to Chess.

Winter sometimes presents research that identifies inaccuracies in the Oxford Companion. He also presents work that confirms (see 5100) the work of the Oxford Companion's editors.

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