Spurious Games

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John Upham
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Spurious Games

Post by John Upham » Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:32 am

Richard James has reviewed

Spurious Games

by David Jenkins

from Troubador / Matador

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Re: Spurious Games

Post by ben.graff » Sat Jun 12, 2021 2:02 pm

I very much enjoyed Richard's review, and also thought Spurious Games was really good. This is my critique from a few months back, for The Chess Circuit.

https://chesscircuit.substack.com/p/spu ... tm_source=
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Re: Spurious Games

Post by Mick Norris » Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:40 am

Thanks to Richard, and Ben, for the reviews; glad I bought the book, a very enjoyable read on my kindle (although the chess diagrams were hard to see with my eyesight)

A welcome diversion for me at a difficult time

As Richard says, chess players should read more fiction, and I'd be happy to read further recommendations from Richard and Ben

Forgot to add, it struck me at times that the book (or maybe the first draft, or outline) had been written quite a few years ago, and revised in part before publication
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