What I think are the three ESSENTIAL chess books are listed here: http://j.mp/bvbRoO http://j.mp/bvbRoO ...The cheapest one is a lot of fun. I won money in the

What I think are the three ESSENTIAL chess books are listed here: http://j.mp/bvbRoO http://j.mp/bvbRoO ...The cheapest one is a lot of fun. I won money in the U.S. Open and the New York Open, but that was only because I was basically improving quickly and was better than my rating. When I reached the point I could play speed chess with a clock without looking at the board (blindfold chess) I had overdone it and pretty much quit.