Jack Peters, an extremely strong player who has won countless tournaments, has been the Los Angeles Times chess columnist since 1982. Competing far less in recent years, he spends his time writing about chess (he has several books to his credit) and teaching chess to both children and adults. These are the first book reviews he has written in more than 20 years and we're honored to have him on our site.

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