In 2008 vroeg GM Susan Polgar op de website Chessdailynews welke schaakboeken de bezoekers de beste ooit vonden. Er kwamen veel reacties, bijna allemaal héél serieus, maar van één (anonieme) reactie kan dat niet worden gezegd.
Dit was de zeer opmerkelijke boekenlijst die de anonymus in kwestie opstuurde (+ ter illustratie enkele boekomslagen):
BLACK IS SO-SO! by Adorejan
MY WORST GAMES by Alexander Alekwine.
BLACK IS SO-SO! by Adorejan
MY WORST GAMES by Alexander Alekwine.
THE DELIGHTS OF CHESS AND SCIENCE FICTION by Assiac Assimov.
QUICKEST CHESS VICTORIES SINCE THE DAWN OF MAN by Graham Cracker.
KNIGHT AND BISHOP AND ROOK ENDINGS by Yurrey Haverback.
HOW GOOD IS YOUR CHEST by Dolly Parton.
THE KILLER SIMSON by Michael Baseman.
15 DAMES AND THEIR STORIES by Mikhail Buttvinnik.
PROFILE OF AN ALLERGY by Grady.
CHESS FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES by Jose Casablanca.
ILLOGICAL CHESS, MOVE BY MOVE by Irving Chernoblev
THE TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS DEFENSE by Jakov Estrogin.
CHESS CATHOLICISM by Larry Evens (introduction by Reverand Guy Lombardy).
CHESS THE EASY WAY OUT by Reuben Find.
HOW TO BEAT EDMAR MEDNIS by Bobby Fisher.
MY 60 MEMORABLE INTERVIEWS by Bobby Fisher.
MY 60 MEMORABLE YEARS by Bobby Fisher.
I WAS TORTURED IN A JAPANESE JAILHOUSE by Bobbie Fisher.
BOB E. FISHER PREACHES HESS by Bob E. Fisher.
THE COMPLETE CHESS ATTIC by Michael J Fox.
CHESS TOURNAMENTS (400 AD – 1848) by Jeremy Gage.
CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO CHESS by Dennis Hooper and Billy Whyld.
CHESS EXCUSES: THEORY AND PRACTICES by Al Whorowitz.
CHESS IS MY AFTERLIFE by Anna Toly Karpoff.
101 DOMINATIONS by Kasparovian.
THE LAST BLACK KNIGHTS TANGO IN PARIS by Georgi Orloff.
PRAWN POWER IN CHESS by Hans Smoch.
IN THE DARK ROOM by George Coltanowsky.
MODERN CHESS OPENINGS, 100TH EDITION by Walter Kornball.
SMELL LIKE A GRANDMASTER by Kotoff.
MY SIS TEMM by Arron Nimzobitch.
NONE CHESS OPENINGS by No One.
LET’S NOT PLAY CHESS by Bruce Lee Pandolfeeny.
THE COMPLETE CHESS INTERCOURSE by Freddie Reinfelt.
THE SPANISH INQUISITION by Eric Schillert.
TAKE MY BOOKS by Yes Sir Seiriwon.
CATALOG OF CHESS FOOD by Andy Soultis. .
MY 6 MEMORABLE GAMES by Marc Taminoff.
MY WELL HUNG ROOK by Mark Taimonov.
500 GROB MINIATURES by Beale Wall.
THE SCOTCH TAPE by Peter Walls.
HOW NOT TO PAY CHESS by Znosko-Borokosky.
SEARCHING FOR CARRIE FISHER by Josh Whiteskin.
QUICKEST CHESS VICTORIES SINCE THE DAWN OF MAN by Graham Cracker.
KNIGHT AND BISHOP AND ROOK ENDINGS by Yurrey Haverback.
HOW GOOD IS YOUR CHEST by Dolly Parton.
THE KILLER SIMSON by Michael Baseman.
15 DAMES AND THEIR STORIES by Mikhail Buttvinnik.
PROFILE OF AN ALLERGY by Grady.
CHESS FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES by Jose Casablanca.
ILLOGICAL CHESS, MOVE BY MOVE by Irving Chernoblev
THE TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS DEFENSE by Jakov Estrogin.
CHESS CATHOLICISM by Larry Evens (introduction by Reverand Guy Lombardy).
CHESS THE EASY WAY OUT by Reuben Find.
HOW TO BEAT EDMAR MEDNIS by Bobby Fisher.
MY 60 MEMORABLE INTERVIEWS by Bobby Fisher.
MY 60 MEMORABLE YEARS by Bobby Fisher.
I WAS TORTURED IN A JAPANESE JAILHOUSE by Bobbie Fisher.
BOB E. FISHER PREACHES HESS by Bob E. Fisher.
THE COMPLETE CHESS ATTIC by Michael J Fox.
CHESS TOURNAMENTS (400 AD – 1848) by Jeremy Gage.
CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO CHESS by Dennis Hooper and Billy Whyld.
CHESS EXCUSES: THEORY AND PRACTICES by Al Whorowitz.
CHESS IS MY AFTERLIFE by Anna Toly Karpoff.
101 DOMINATIONS by Kasparovian.
THE LAST BLACK KNIGHTS TANGO IN PARIS by Georgi Orloff.
PRAWN POWER IN CHESS by Hans Smoch.
IN THE DARK ROOM by George Coltanowsky.
MODERN CHESS OPENINGS, 100TH EDITION by Walter Kornball.
SMELL LIKE A GRANDMASTER by Kotoff.
MY SIS TEMM by Arron Nimzobitch.
NONE CHESS OPENINGS by No One.
LET’S NOT PLAY CHESS by Bruce Lee Pandolfeeny.
THE COMPLETE CHESS INTERCOURSE by Freddie Reinfelt.
THE SPANISH INQUISITION by Eric Schillert.
TAKE MY BOOKS by Yes Sir Seiriwon.
CATALOG OF CHESS FOOD by Andy Soultis. .
MY 6 MEMORABLE GAMES by Marc Taminoff.
MY WELL HUNG ROOK by Mark Taimonov.
500 GROB MINIATURES by Beale Wall.
THE SCOTCH TAPE by Peter Walls.
HOW NOT TO PAY CHESS by Znosko-Borokosky.
SEARCHING FOR CARRIE FISHER by Josh Whiteskin.
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