Did anyone else get any chess books for the holidays? I had a pretty good year (Birthday is the 26th, so that helps):

Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster's Kitchen by Valeri Beim
How to Play Dynamic Chess by Valeri Beim
The Middlegame Book 1: Static Features by Euwe and Kramer
The Middlegame Book 2: Dynamic and Subjective Features by Euwe and Kramer
Mastering the Chess Openings: Vol 2 by John Watson
The Chigorin Defence by Valery Bronznik

I used other gifts to get:

Boris Spassky's 400 Selected Games by Soloviov
Chess Visualization Course Book 1: General Tactics by Anderson
Chess Secrets: Giants of Strategy by McDonald

Nope... we abandoned the whole concept of gifting eachoter expensive items years ago.

I got a lump of coal

With the cost of fuel these days, that's actually becoming a worthwhile present.

--Fromper

It wouldn't be in Newcastle