John Donaldson, inspired by the World Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, began playing chess in the fall of 1972, at the Tacoma Chess Club. He is an International Master with two Grandmaster norms and has served as the U.S. team captain in twenty-one Olympiads and World Team Championships, including Lucerne 1993 and Baku 2016, where the Americans finished first. He has written numerous articles and books, including The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein: Vol. 1: Uncrowned King and Vol. 2: The Later Years and A Legend on the Road: Bobby Fischer’s 1964 Simultaneous Tour. John Donaldson lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife Holly.

“Chess writing has always been a method of following the author’s growing understanding. Bobby Fischer’s writing was scrupulously honest, lucid, and penetrating. John Donaldson has done a meticulous job of amassing and selecting from Fischer’s body of work, putting it in context, correcting where needed, and providing original analysis of many games.” — International Master Anthony Saidy

John Donaldson, inspired by the World Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, began playing chess in the fall of 1972, at the Tacoma Chess Club. He is an International Master with two Grandmaster norms and has served as the U.S. team captain in twenty-one Olympiads and World Team Championships, including Lucerne 1993 and Baku 2016, where the Americans finished first. He has written numerous articles and books, including The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein: Vol. 1: Uncrowned King and Vol. 2: The Later Years and A Legend on the Road: Bobby Fischer’s 1964 Simultaneous Tour. John Donaldson lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife Holly.

“Chess writing has always been a method of following the author’s growing understanding. Bobby Fischer’s writing was scrupulously honest, lucid, and penetrating. John Donaldson has done a meticulous job of amassing and selecting from Fischer’s body of work, putting it in context, correcting where needed, and providing original analysis of many games.” — International Master Anthony Saidy

John Donaldson, inspired by the World Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky, began playing chess in the fall of 1972, at the Tacoma Chess Club. He is an International Master with two Grandmaster norms and has served as the U.S. team captain in twenty-one Olympiads and World Team Championships, including Lucerne 1993 and Baku 2016, where the Americans finished first. He has written numerous articles and books, including The Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein: Vol. 1: Uncrowned King and Vol. 2: The Later Years and A Legend on the Road: Bobby Fischer’s 1964 Simultaneous Tour. John Donaldson lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife Holly.

“Chess writing has always been a method of following the author’s growing understanding. Bobby Fischer’s writing was scrupulously honest, lucid, and penetrating. John Donaldson has done a meticulous job of amassing and selecting from Fischer’s body of work, putting it in context, correcting where needed, and providing original analysis of many games.” — International Master Anthony Saidy