Endgame
by Frank Brady · first published 2010
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on “Ask HN: What are some Good Books you have read in past one year or so..” ↗Bad Blood is a must if you work in tech. Incredible page-turner, and shocking at the level of deception they employed. I also got hooked on Endgame by Frank Brady, about Bobby Fischer (the american chess prodigy who quit chess and became a reclusive antisemite). It's a biography and doesn't discuss his matches with any kind of depth, but was still…
on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗