McCreadyandChess

@Kierkegaarddd Indeed.

“The most common form of despair is not being who you are.”

@AuthorGFAllen Virginia Wolfe

Have you ever finished a book and thought, “Yeah… I’m NEVER reading anything by this person again.”

@CuriousMindsHub How to set fire to a can of coke.

If you could master one skill in 2026, what would it be?

@readswithravi Crime and Punishment.

What’s a book you think everyone should read at least once in their lifetime?

@VoltaireQuote Perhaps he was just panglossian.

“He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.”

@SchopenhauerNow Why write about them if they bother you so much?

“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”

@penguinusa I'd say it ws Dickens's Great Expectations.

Some of these are classic tales you will surely know, but others are excellent works of science fiction that may have been flying under the radar. What's on your list of the best science fiction of all time? bit.ly/4sKjZmY

@Kierkegaarddd Says Denmark's most cheerful philosopher.

“There are many people who arrive at conclusions in life much the way schoolboys do; they cheat their teachers by copying the answer book without having worked the problem themselves.”

@CuriousMindsHub That was kinda true of him.

“The more you understand this world, the more you destroy yourself. That's why fools are happy, and intelligent people live in loneliness.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky Awareness comes with a cost.

@SenecaQuote It matters more how you read them.

"It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have."

@poorbjorn His essay 'Circles' is certainly worth reading as I recall.

“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

@Dostoevskyquot Crime and Punishment -no questions asked. By far his best.

Crime and Punishment. The Idiot. The Brothers Karamazov. One to read forever. Which one?

@getpaidwrite Oh yeah? In what way? Improve your reading habits?

6 months of reading great literature will change your life.

@AlexAndBooks_ Undoubtedly so, most don't bother to read and when they do, they tend to read uncritically which negates the whole point in the first place.

“Those who read own the world; those who immerse themselves in the Internet or watch too much television lose it. Our civilization is suffering profound wounds because of the wholesale abandonment of reading by contemporary society.” –Werner Herzog

@chessforumnyc Generally speaking, his games are studied far less than other world champions.

The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others. Emanuel Lasker Emanuel Lasker (1868 –1941) was the second World Chess Champion, holding the title for 27 years, from 1894 to 1921.

@GMAlexColovic I've often thought that. Can't see anything that's wrong with it.

I can't escape the feeling that the Queen's Gambit Accepted is underused at the highest level. Maybe Cyprus Candidates will change that.

@SixofOne_No6 The best cult classic there is.

Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) Because of him, we exist, and so many people have come together, developed friendships and more in appreciation of his work. We salute you, sir!

@goodreads Pawn structure chess

Which underrated book deserves way more attention?

@Jonathan_Rowson All nations are artificial constructs.

Inspired by #StAndrewsDay “To define ‘nation’ is to commit a political act. The etymology relates to birth, and that permeates many of the attempts at definitions, though it also feels like the idea of nation gradually outgrows them all.” open.substack.com/pub/jonathanro…

I can't quite explain why but for some reason my ability shot right up over the last few days. Victories got as high up as 2400.