Nathan Divinsky
Autore di Batsford Chess Encyclopaedia (Batsford chess book)
Sull'Autore
Opere di Nathan Divinsky
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Divinsky, Nathan
- Sesso
- male
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Recensioni
Blazing a new trail here. Interesting to see that this book has not one on-the-shelf, review, not a sign that a copy has ever been bought.
Perhaps its reputation precedes it. On the one hand, Ray Keene speaks well of it (yes, buyer beware) and on the other, Edward Winter gives it a lambasting such as a book rarely receives under the heading A Catastrophic Encyclopedia. He begins 'The dust-jacket...trumpets "the game’s most complete and up-to-date work of reference". What is provided is a shambles full of mistakes, misjudgements and misprints from cover to cover. The present review merely aims to point out a warning sample.'
I like the way even in his most enraged state - and I hope for his own sake that he was never angrier than writing about this book - Winter has a taste for sarcasm.
Definitely a case of don't buy the book, read the review and you can find it at Winter's site, here.… (altro)
Perhaps its reputation precedes it. On the one hand, Ray Keene speaks well of it (yes, buyer beware) and on the other, Edward Winter gives it a lambasting such as a book rarely receives under the heading A Catastrophic Encyclopedia. He begins 'The dust-jacket...trumpets "the game’s most complete and up-to-date work of reference". What is provided is a shambles full of mistakes, misjudgements and misprints from cover to cover. The present review merely aims to point out a warning sample.'
I like the way even in his most enraged state - and I hope for his own sake that he was never angrier than writing about this book - Winter has a taste for sarcasm.
When Divinsky likes someone, the honey flows. Averbakh is ‘charming’. Dlugy is ‘charming’. Larsen is ‘charming’. Seirawan is ‘charming’. Short is ‘charming’. Ståhlberg is ‘charming’. Timman is ‘charming’. Spassky’s third wife is ‘charming’. Marco’s annotations are ‘charming’. Baden Baden is ‘charming’. Montpellier is ‘charming’. And so, of course, is Lodewijk Prins. Prins charming.and
The entries on both Korchnoi and Maróczy make a fuss over that occultist yarn about a game between the two players. Perhaps the paranormal can also explain why Divinsky unwittingly claims on page 110 that James Gilchrist co-authored a book which was not published until 13 years after his death.
Definitely a case of don't buy the book, read the review and you can find it at Winter's site, here.… (altro)
Blazing a new trail here. Interesting to see that this book has not one on-the-shelf, review, not a sign that a copy has ever been bought.
Perhaps its reputation precedes it. On the one hand, Ray Keene speaks well of it (yes, buyer beware) and on the other, Edward Winter gives it a lambasting such as a book rarely receives under the heading A Catastrophic Encyclopedia. He begins 'The dust-jacket...trumpets "the game’s most complete and up-to-date work of reference". What is provided is a shambles full of mistakes, misjudgements and misprints from cover to cover. The present review merely aims to point out a warning sample.'
I like the way even in his most enraged state - and I hope for his own sake that he was never angrier than writing about this book - Winter has a taste for sarcasm.
Definitely a case of don't buy the book, read the review and you can find it at Winter's site, here.… (altro)
Perhaps its reputation precedes it. On the one hand, Ray Keene speaks well of it (yes, buyer beware) and on the other, Edward Winter gives it a lambasting such as a book rarely receives under the heading A Catastrophic Encyclopedia. He begins 'The dust-jacket...trumpets "the game’s most complete and up-to-date work of reference". What is provided is a shambles full of mistakes, misjudgements and misprints from cover to cover. The present review merely aims to point out a warning sample.'
I like the way even in his most enraged state - and I hope for his own sake that he was never angrier than writing about this book - Winter has a taste for sarcasm.
When Divinsky likes someone, the honey flows. Averbakh is ‘charming’. Dlugy is ‘charming’. Larsen is ‘charming’. Seirawan is ‘charming’. Short is ‘charming’. Ståhlberg is ‘charming’. Timman is ‘charming’. Spassky’s third wife is ‘charming’. Marco’s annotations are ‘charming’. Baden Baden is ‘charming’. Montpellier is ‘charming’. And so, of course, is Lodewijk Prins. Prins charming.and
The entries on both Korchnoi and Maróczy make a fuss over that occultist yarn about a game between the two players. Perhaps the paranormal can also explain why Divinsky unwittingly claims on page 110 that James Gilchrist co-authored a book which was not published until 13 years after his death.
Definitely a case of don't buy the book, read the review and you can find it at Winter's site, here.… (altro)
Statistiche
- Opere
- 8
- Utenti
- 46
- Popolarità
- #335,831
- Voto
- 3.3
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 5
- Preferito da
- 1
Perhaps its reputation precedes it. On the one hand, Ray Keene speaks well of it (yes, buyer beware) and on the other, Edward Winter gives it a lambasting such as a book rarely receives under the heading A Catastrophic Encyclopedia. He begins 'The dust-jacket...trumpets "the game’s most complete and up-to-date work of reference". What is provided is a shambles full of mistakes, misjudgements and misprints from cover to cover. The present review merely aims to point out a warning sample.'
I like the way even in his most enraged state - and I hope for his own sake that he was never angrier than writing about this book - Winter has a taste for sarcasm.
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Definitely a case of don't buy the book, read the review and you can find it at Winter's site, here.… (altro)