Re:Chess Tactics Explained in Plain English
by strictnein on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @04:13PM
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I was wondering who would write books on metaphors, language, the law, and chess, and the dean of a law school definitely fits the bill.
From the site:
> "Book versions of this site are available: over 700 pages in total in a two-volume set. Here are links to book one and book two. You can check out other books by the author about language here, metaphor here, and law here and here."
Ordered his first chess book. Just yesterday I was thinking how I would like a version of "The Impostor's Handbook", but for chess. This seems to fit the bill.
Re:Chess Tactics Explained in Plain English
by Singletoned on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @04:41PM
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Which Imposter's Handbook do you mean? I've looked and found a couple, and both look interesting.
Fun fact: The author is the dean of the University of Texas School of Law - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Farnsworth IMHO, his chess writing reminds me a lot of pg's writings on startup and tech (and I could only imagine how lucid his legal writings would be)
If you are looking for the deadtree version of this - it's available as a two-part book series on Amazon titled 'Predator At The Chessboard' - https://www.amazon.com/Predator-At-Chessboard-Field-Tactics/...