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Chess Mon, Dec 6, 1971 – 21 · The Guardian (London, Greater London, England) · Newspapers.com
Chess: Books for Presents by Leonard Barden
The approach of Christmas is a good opportunity to suggest some possibilities for suitable chess gifts. Keen players in general and tournament and postal regulars in particular are likely to be best satisfied by a recently published book […]
Many enthusiasts who are new to chess in 1971 will have been attracted by the publicity for Fischer's bid for the world championship. Call him the George Best, the Nicklaus, or the Mohammed Ali of chess—and they all fit—he has become only the third chess name (following Morphy and Capablanca) whose career is widely followed by the non-chess playing public. My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer (Faber, £3) is Fischer's career in his own words, with a style akin to his play—terse but very much to the point. With the world title match due to start next spring, there may be other books about Fischer (and his Russian opponent Spassky appearing at that time.)
