Nathan Divinsky
Auteur van Batsford Chess Encyclopaedia (Batsford chess book)
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- Gangbare naam
- Divinsky, Nathan
- Geslacht
- male
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- Werken
- 8
- Leden
- 46
- Populariteit
- #335,831
- Waardering
- 3.3
- Besprekingen
- 3
- ISBNs
- 5
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- 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.… (meer)