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Off-Topic Discussion - Favourite Book Series...?

Let's see..... LOTR, the Gripstra & de Gier series, the ''little house...'' and ''Oz'' books were great to read to my kids (long ago), There are a lot of good mystery series' -I like reading series & …


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Off-Topic Discussion - what is your favorite car?

Among the cars I've owned, my favs were a 1967 Chevy Camaro -- rebuilt the engine in it under a shade tree as a teenager. Super-cool & Wonderful car, . A 1971 VW Microbus. Lots of good times in it ove…


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General Chess Discussion - Best Middlegame Book for decision/plan making

@mkubecek said [^] > Not sure if it's the best (different people have different preferences) but *Chess Strategy for Club Players* by Herman Grooten helped me a lot. I've only looked at a couple of ch…


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General Chess Discussion - Book recommendations?

After I had some general idea about how to play, Modern Chess Strategy - Pachman 60 Memorable games, Fischer Grandmaster of Chess: The Complete Games of Paul Keres --Bill


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General Chess Discussion - Who are you pulling for: Gukesh or Sindarov?

I'm just hoping Gukesh is in good form so we see an interesting and hard fought match.


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General Chess Discussion - How do you study chess books? I made a small tool to “try out” positions from PDFs

@MrPushwood said [^] > I play the moves out with a little plastic set (+ wooden board). Similar-- except the mirror image-- I got a little wood set for father's day and I use a little, roll up vinyl b…


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Off-Topic Discussion - What are some cool books to read?

Best books I've read in 2026 so far: .....Into the silence, .....1Q84, ......US Grant's memoirs of the civil war (dont recall the exact title). Next book I want to read: ......A walk in the park -Bill-


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Off-Topic Discussion - im south african german, ask me at least 2.7 questions

Wat doet en nietmachine? (sorry for the misspelling-not my forte)


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General Chess Discussion - Tell me your story about how you started playing Chess!

A long story, ... I was 11 living on a small farm. A cousin and his wife were driving thru and stopped by just to meet my father. His wife was an Irish stewardess which, back then , meant she was amaz…


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General Chess Discussion - Ruy Lopez openning

You are a good player- I'm sure you already know what to do: to start understanding (IMO) play over annotated Ruy Lopez games by its practitioners trying to guess the moves and figure out ''What if th…


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