Reading and writing go hand in hand, of this we know: both are art forms, that most don’t. An advantage of academia is that you encounter texts which require being read critically and many times over in parts, you therefore develop a natural inclination to return to texts repeatedly in order to increase your understanding of them. This may assist you in establishing the importance of a text or a passage whereas simply reading for pleasure is less, or much less, likely to do so.
Knowing what to read in chess is becoming increasingly more difficult for numerous reasons, one of which being an ever-increasing selection of texts to choose from, not to mention all that pulished online on various types of websites and social media platforms with or without the help of AI.
I don’t wish to cast judgement on such matters but would rather refer to that which I found highly engaging when it was published some sixteen years back. That was the 25th anniversary of New In Chess. We can, I think, argue that which is published in the press is more likely to be of higher quality than that which is posted on the internet, generally speaking. We may also argue that an anthology carries greater prestige than the latest publication, since the author is more selective over the material chosen, opting for that considered to be best by readers, writers, editors and reviewers. Quality, then, takes precedence over that which is current. Since it is possible to be both biased and right, or so I believe, my views on the publication this post is about, is that finding anything better is both a hard task ahead and a good path to go down. I cannot help but recommend it for it contains much first rate journalism -of that you can be sure.
So there you have it. Reticent I am not; so I recommend what I am presently re-reading I do, and believe myself justified in doing so thoroughly I do too…hardly synchronic, happily arranged, hurriedly off with a bang -a damn good read indeed it be!
Nietzsche -Human, all too human
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