Top 10 Authors
- 1. Botvinnik
- the master at work (e.g. 100 Selected Games)
- 2. Bronstein
- the master at play (e.g. 200 Open Games)
- 3. Chernev
- warm, witty, impressive breadth of knowledge; his books taught me how to play chess, so he has a lot to answer for (e.g. Logical Chess)
- 4. Clarke
- unshowy style but his books are gold (e.g. Petrosian's Best Games)
- 5. Dvoretsky
- enormously rich material, nice asides (e.g. Secrets of Chess Tactics)
- 6. Larsen
- deep thoughts lightly expressed, candid and playful (e.g. Selected Games)
- 7. Nunn
- thorough, brilliant, tells a cracking yarn (e.g. Best Games)
- 8. Purdy
- brisk, brilliant, polemic, pedagogic (e.g. Search for Chess Perfection)
- 9. Reti
- writing to lift the human spirit (e.g. Modern Ideas in Chess)
- 10. Tal
- frank, engaging and entertaining by turns (e.g. Tal-Botvinnik Match 1960)
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