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  <title><![CDATA[King's Gambit: A Son, a Father, and the World's Most Dangerous Game]]></title>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 07 18:33:17 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 07 18:33:17 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so I decided that the reason that I was never doing a damn thing with my goodreads was that I was using it redundantly with my librarything.  I elected to relegate all chess books to librarything and everything else I read to goodreads.  Practical solution, neh?  Then I realized that the only ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11925739">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11219024">
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  <date_added>Sat Dec 29 10:15:53 -0800 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hoffman's masterful, exhaustive tale of chess, its soaring triumphs and crushing discontents is filled with enough international intrigue and warped, shady characters to pass for the latest James Bond sequel. Along with the stereotypical lunatic Russian grandmasters (the normally even-keeled Russian...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11219024">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jun 08 23:22:31 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Nov 23 05:49:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[this was a light aside for me.  i've long been a chess dabbler.  from time to time i dip into the game with gusto but for the most part it's something i keep nearby just for the heck of it.  this book discusses chess play, and chess players in specific.  there is quite a bit of technical chess speak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58959140">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69785821">
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 02 05:21:14 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 30 14:57:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one an excellent story about the author and that part of his life associated with chess. I enjoyed the stories about his relationship with his father, other chess players, and how chess affected his life. While the stories were engrossing, I still felt there was something missing, as if the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69785821">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="34412370">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 02 20:13:15 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 02 20:16:18 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this book, even though I know very little about chess.  The author interweaves stories about chess with stories about his relationship with his father.  It is a bit disjointed, and there is one part in the book where the author glorifies drug use, but overall, a great read.  I learn...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34412370">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="14801665">
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Feb 07 04:47:10 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 07 04:50:57 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There are a couple of great chapters in this book about an international chess tournament which was held in Libya and one chapter focusing on the strangest members of the chess world.  The remaining chapters deal, in bits and pieces, with the author's relationship with his father and on chess moves....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14801665">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61440656">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jun 28 18:34:56 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 09 19:06:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a pretty good book. I would only recommend it for chess fans, since it is not so much a memoir, but instead a meandering book filled with chess anecdotes. The stories are enough to get you through the book, even if you wonder what the overall point is. ]]></body>
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    <review id="9508667">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Nov 25 05:56:55 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 02 15:30:11 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was hoping that this book would be more like &quot;Word Freak&quot; about scrabble players. This book was a little too heavy on Chess world factoids and a little light on story. I got about 150 pages in, and then it was due at the library. I didn't renew it....]]></body>
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    <review id="21002427">
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    <location><![CDATA[Palo Alto, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Apr 25 17:43:42 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 25 17:48:06 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not being at all very familiar with chess, this brought me an understanding of the classical beauty of strategy and obsession; the inevitable win and losses of kings and queens, an appreciation of human vulnerabilities.]]></body>
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    <review id="11239488">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 29 16:35:53 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 29 16:35:58 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The book was most enjoyable when the author was telling the stories of other chess players, not at all when telling stories of his father. Thankfully, the bulk of the book had good, non-familial chess anecdotes. ]]></body>
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    <review id="8874945">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 09 06:21:19 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 09 06:24:08 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating look at the world of professional chess.  Also dissects the psychology and the consequences of playing this zero-sum mental game.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8874945]]></url>
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    <review id="16806890">
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Mar 01 20:11:59 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Mar 01 20:12:27 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Review <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://chaoticgoodnik.livejournal.com/653620.html#chess">here</a>.]]></body>
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    <review id="22772034">
    <user id="919422">
    <name><![CDATA[Mark]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu May 22 14:54:18 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 22 14:54:38 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Some great anecdotes and gossip about chess freaks.]]></body>
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    <review id="15054257">
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Feb 10 09:43:27 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Story about the world of tournament chess.]]></body>
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