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Wow! The magazine managed to include that without noting that 9 Qd2 actually wins?!Geoff Chandler wrote: ↑Sun Jun 16, 2019 1:20 pmHi James,
People browsing and then hunting online for the book is probably the main culprit.
I always try to get to a few things, mostly from the bargain box at the Edinburgh Congress.
If I want a new book, which can be pretty expensive, I'd buy it in the flesh, I dislike shopping online.
I cannot bear the wait. I want it now!
One should never pass a charity shop without popping in and looking at the sports/hobbies section.
90% of my collection of 400-500+ books (99% unread/unstudied) came 2nd hand.
If nothing then ask. I did recently and was told they don't sell so well but have some in the back.
Out came a Fischer 60 'black cover', Algebraic Logical Chess (with the error in game one still uncorrected)
a Judit Polgar on her games, Kotov's 'Thinking Ahead' which I gave away 10 minutes later to a player I met at a bus stop.
A standard Reinfeld in a bright blue and yellow stiff cover, Watson's book on the French and a 1986 chess magazine from
which I picked up that a King on e5 could be in check at the same time from two Queens (how?) and someone as White here.
played 8.Bxg7 and after 8...Qg5+ spotted they were losing a piece so resigned.
(I can build a whole article around such trivia.) the whole lot cost £5.00.
Me too, and I'm sure that many others find themselves in the same position. I'm a little embarrassed to browse even though I find it difficult to walk past. Once a year I do buy something and they always get my business, such as it is.Andy Stoker wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 5:50 pmI realise I have too many unread - or at least unstudied - books from my youth, so no intention to buy.