tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post2021322520682464622..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: War Game 7, County Counting 9, and Brixton Byways 11 Tom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-18216995139861216422015-05-29T18:33:58.619+01:002015-05-29T18:33:58.619+01:00So pleased you enjoyed the series, Mike.
I hope ...So pleased you enjoyed the series, Mike. <br /><br />I hope some reader of the blog might help you track down your book.Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-77412076858028021022015-05-29T11:21:40.242+01:002015-05-29T11:21:40.242+01:00Thanks for this series of blogs, I (for one) have ...Thanks for this series of blogs, I (for one) have found them fascinating.<br /><br />What follows is not directly relevant to what you have written (although there is a connection to WW2) , but I learned chess from a book loaned from Grays public library in the early 1960s. It was a beginners' book written by a British prisoner of war who wrote about his experience of the POW camp as well as teaching chess. When I borrowed my second book ("Modern Chess Strategy" by Edward Lasker) I discovered that a fair part of the advice given in the first book (particularly on openings) was unreliable. Anyway, for nostalgic reasons, I have been looking for the first book for the last 20 years, hampered by the fact that I can remember neither the title of the first book nor its author. Perhaps a reader of these blogs may know the book I am writing about?Mike Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237794157491746812noreply@blogger.com