cathexis wrote on 07/27/20 at 17:53:57:
So would, Zurich 1953 not qualify as it is not one particular player's games?
Correct. See the original post. And Zurich 1953 was already mentioned in Reply #2 with the same question. Reply #3 answered.
LeeRoth wrote on 07/27/20 at 16:38:49:
The short list used to be:
- Tarrasch's 300 Games
- Alekhine's My Best Games
- Fischer's 60 Memorable
- Tal's Life and Games
That's a great short list. I first read them in the order 2, 3, 4, 1, and I rank them most favorite to least as 3, 4, 1, 2. But a large part of that has to be my very young age when I read them. For example,
The Test of Time I read when I was much older, and could not separate Kasparov's personality from his writings. So if someone picks up Fischer's book today, or indeed any strong personality's book, and has a similar reaction, I can sympathize. But I think it hurt me as a player not to study Kasparov's games deeply. Anyone who ignores Fischer's games is also making a mistake.
Somewhere on the web
My 60 Memorable Games was called "over-rated". This kind of criticism I dismiss out of hand. If many people rate a book as #1 and I rate it as #20, or even as #2,
of course I would think it's over-rated. Saying so adds zero to the discussion. Better to give some reasons.
The OP asked about favorites. Your longer list has titles of interest, but they cannot all be favorites.