Thank you all for your wonderful suggestions. If we put them all together, they would make a splendid first two years of an undergraduate education, or maybe a graduate education. I have decided on three books:
(Whoops! He reads my blog. I have deleted the titles to keep him surprised.)
The third is a bit of a stretch but he will be the only person in the world with an autographed copy and one of the very few people actually to read it, so why not? If I live long enough, I can give him one of my books each year and that should last me for birthday presents until he graduates from college.
His father has written a number of books about chess and I assume that he has copies of those. I hope he has watched all seven parts of The Queen's Gambit, in the last episode of which one of his father's games is featured.
Now all I need is Christmas present suggestions for Samuel and Athena from their mother. Serious business being a grandfather.
Good choices.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the last game played in The Queen’s Gambit, you can see an analysis of that game here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMaTKOZG-8.
The chess commentator gives credit to your son, but does point out that the endgame shown in the movie, which ends with Elizabeth Harmon winning, was not how the actual game Patrick played ended. The actual game ended in a draw of an astounding 72 moves. This does not take anything away from your son, who ended his chess career with a remarkable 2552 rating.
RE Xmas presents (or birthday, b. mitzvahs, etc., etc.)
ReplyDeleteTwo books that I have been recommending for years, giving as presents, rereading many times, ...
Steven Jay Gould's Full House. An amazing book about how to view the world statistically. And like almost all of his books, wonderfully well written.
Robert Sapolsky's A Primate's Memoir. A love story to his baboon troupe. The link describes Sapolsky and this book reasonably well but because of it's age, does not mention the epilogue.
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