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    Hey guys I have amazing chess manual "Think like a Grandmaster"(1971) by Alexander Kotov! Let me know if you are interesting to buy this rare book.

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    I remember reading it in the early 70's. A great book, but not 100% sure if grandmasters think that way today! A lot of it would hold up today, but some things would be outdated, such as writing your move down before you play it, which is now illegal.

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    • #3
      I have a copy too... not sure it is that rare - more like "uncommon". Some good advice and insight into how a GM thought back in those days.
      ...Mike Pence: the Lord of the fly.

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      • #4
        This book always brings up for me the tree of analysis especially when I need to do pruning or growing.

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        • #5
          The book itself isn't all that rare... you can buy it right now on Amazon (algebraic edition).

          However, the original hardcover edition probably is REALLY rare.
          Christopher Mallon
          FIDE Arbiter

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Christopher Mallon View Post
            However, the original hardcover edition probably is REALLY rare.
            I think I have one too. Planned to give as a prize in the tournament. Maybe to sell to the interested person and give away as prizes :) Any buyers? :)

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            • #7
              I have Think Like a Grandmaster, Play Like a Grandmaster & Train Like a Grandmaster ... Kotov is a very good communicator! My volume of Play Like a Grandmaster is soooo well worn ... like your favorite pair of jeans!

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Neil Frarey View Post
                I have Think Like a Grandmaster, Play Like a Grandmaster & Train Like a Grandmaster ... Kotov is a very good communicator! My volume of Play Like a Grandmaster is soooo well worn ... like your favorite pair of jeans!
                Excellent series of books. Every time I read "Think Like a Grandmaster", I usually gained one to two hundred rating points. In 2007, I returned to chess and it was one of the books that I read in the space of a month of intense chess study to shake off a decade of rust.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Vlad Drkulec View Post

                  Excellent series of books. Every time I read "Think Like a Grandmaster", I usually gained one to two hundred rating points. In 2007, I returned to chess and it was one of the books that I read in the space of a month of intense chess study to shake off a decade of rust.
                  It's quite cool how some books just click. With me, it's Silman's Reassess books.

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                  • #10
                    I think Silman's book was one of thirty books that I read in 60 days in 2007.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Vlad Drkulec View Post

                      Excellent series of books. Every time I read "Think Like a Grandmaster", I usually gained one to two hundred rating points. In 2007, I returned to chess and it was one of the books that I read in the space of a month of intense chess study to shake off a decade of rust.
                      I like Jack Peters comment in the article below:

                      Peters said: “I don’t believe in the idea of ‘best’ books. Almost any good-quality book can seem terrific if you encounter it at the moment you are ready to learn what the author is explaining. My list is composed of books that made a strong impression on me. In no particular order”

                      ​​​​​​​https://www.chess.com/article/view/t...ess-books-ever
                      "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." - Aesop
                      "Only the dead have seen the end of war." - Plato
                      "If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination." - Thomas De Quincey

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Peter McKillop View Post

                        I like Jack Peters comment in the article below:

                        Peters said: “I don’t believe in the idea of ‘best’ books. Almost any good-quality book can seem terrific if you encounter it at the moment you are ready to learn what the author is explaining. My list is composed of books that made a strong impression on me. In no particular order”

                        ​​​​​​​https://www.chess.com/article/view/t...ess-books-ever
                        That's a great point, thanks.

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                        • #13
                          i have a hard cover of think like a grandmaster circa 1971 descriptive notation........good book.......dont think its that rare...bought it in the 80's for $7.50

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Raymond Dickson View Post
                            i have a hard cover of think like a grandmaster circa 1971 descriptive notation........good book.......dont think its that rare...bought it in the 80's for $7.50
                            I think it is rare online but not so rare elsewhere. I have one of the updated paperback algebraic versions along with the original hardcover and a kindle edition.

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