@Pier4r I doubt some computer books hold any value, really I don't. But I hate throwing books in the trash. I do not know whether libraries locally will take things. Thanks for the ideas.

@kibitzingpatzer @chessbrilliancy @dgriffinchess It is cool, it is a photo copy though, but Bob only had his fax copy of course. But a unique artifact nevertheless.

@isofarro And then there is not being able to find anything. I nearly had to buy another copy of Jon Tisdall's Improve Your Chess Now! I put it somewhere safe... I found it when I was looking for another book I'd mislaid. Just one corner of by bedroom.

@Rahal_Michael @PattyLlaneza @escacs_cat I finished the extremely lengthy process of producing team lists for the Division Honor. I think if anything it was harder this year. I had to go to the page source to extract all the info I needed. It just shouldn't be this way.

@wrtlbrmft Sorry no. Lots of Everyman which I was sent at one time and then the books I bought over the years, games collections and so forth. There will be some rarities no doubt but most pretty ordinary.

Also have a big collection of CDs and going further back cassette tapes. The last time I listened to either format? Can't remember.

@TarjeiJS Hmmm, I'm not seeing any clear lessons from these stats! Arjun was struggling so he played fast, Max was struggling so he played slow. If I take above a certain amount of time it's not due to intellectual hard work, it's that I've no idea what to do.

@GMIgorSmirnov You have to try to raise the level of everything and there's only so much time. I would say I've become more interested in a) visualisation - I'm 58 and still working on this - Book - Cognitive Chess b) your thought processes including calmness and routine over the board.

@dgriffinchess Here's the fax Bobby Fischer sent to Bob Wade for the Fischer-Spassky II match.

@chessable Highly recommend Improving Endgame Technique: Rook Endgames Valeriy Aveskulov. Also the 2 Lars Schandorff courses on the QGD and Caro are exceptional. I'm pretty picky, you have not only to invest money, but time, to make these courses worth while, I only have so much of both.

@dgriffinchess A few years later I also got another book about him, Bobby Fischer: His Approach to Chess by Elie Agur, that was pretty darned good too.

Oh that is sad news. I always got along with Stewart.

The Week in Chess 1578 of 3rd February 2025 by Mark Crowther. 24 stories and 7719 games.

Can someone recommend an AI book? Maybe an audio book for preference but a "serious" book, not AI for your side hustle or similar stuff. I'm looking in particular to see if I can't revamp my website. I read it's supposed to be particularly good at computing tasks.