I Bought 54 Rare Chess Books in a Weekend (WORTH OVER $2,000)

[@mikecantreed]

That’s awesome those books ended up in someone’s hands that will appreciate them.

[@anantoshahriar9252]

You are the most dedicated chess player and youtuber I have ever seen. Thumbs up.

[@thechessnerd]

That is a rare compliment and a very meaningful one. Thank you ❤️

[@DylanQuimbaya]

i can't wait to finish the rest of this i have to say i love this style of video and you continue to improve quality wise keep it up

[@thechessnerd]

Thank you!! This video is the work of so many weeks (you can tell by the change of shirt 😂). This means the world to me Dylan ❤️ Thanks broski

[@fenrirsreign]

Really loved seeing you geek out about chess books. You have the vibe of someone that id like to hang out with. Have fun

[@iBuzzinga]

Your content is so refreshing and amusing. I love it 😊

[@thechessnerd]

❤️❤️❤️ I love you broskis thanks for making my day better :)

[@electric-lemonade]

This was a lot of fun to watch, it's been a while since u posted this, hope you enjoyed some of those books !

[@willeggleton6516]

Regardless of what title you end up getting if you do strive for one, we will still love your content. Few that are so good at the game are so genuinely watchable imo

[@thechessnerd]

Means the world to have such a positive opinion of me coming from you, I really appreciate your kind message ❤️💯 Sending you love :)

[@valentinodominus7078]

This is a fantastic video! Congratulations on your acquisition from a newer chess player! Best Wishes from Valentino, Nashville Tennessee USA!

[@obezeanu]

Great video!Congrats for your collection and thx for post!

[@thechessnerd]

My absolute pleasure, I’m glad you liked the video ❤️

[@MrSupernova111]

Wow! Some of those real relics. I bet they will be worth lots of money at some point. I was looking at one on Amazon priced at over $900. Nice haul!

[@3m0somebody18]

I love your videos, could you make one about your chess growth and how you got better??

[@thechessnerd]

Wow!! Great idea but perhaps tough in execution - I will think about it!

[@3m0somebody18]

Awesome

[@tusharkantsahu]

Hey Zach!! Just watched this video...it was so nice & beautifully edited👍 Can you please make a video on how to go through these books and game collections. Lots of love❤️ and power to u💪

[@Psychedelicide]

Ur enthusiasm is contagious!! Those newspaper clippings are amaaazing!! U should Go back & get more of those books. U absolutely hv 2 do a vlog on the most important Chess locations around the world. Start with Ur hometown. All the best with Ur Chess journey!!

[@southernrun9048]

So awesome you got these. Impressive …enjoy

[@thechessnerd]

Thank you so much!! ❤️🔥

[@pepcore]

Really interesting man. Nice to hear you talk enthousiasticly about all the books.

[@brasileirosim5961]

Dude, if you ever come to Switzerland (like to Biel Chess Festival), let me know. I will give you a copy of Zürich 1953 by Max Euwe. I have to copies and can give you one, for free of course. It is in German. It is interesting to compare the comments of the games from different authors. By the way, I purchased some years ago one if Alekhine’ books, signed by the author, a special edition, a very rare book. I sold it to a collector from Canada who collects everything related to Alekhine. It was by far the most interesting book from my collection.

[@charlesdarwin180]

Great video! Nice to see a chess enthusiast enthusiastic.

[@bleedingcovenant9495]

your love for chess is so dope i wish i got into chess when i was younger.

[@MarioAndradeCursoExcel]

It was a very great video, congratulations, but, I would like to know, why spend so much on book when we have so many web sites and apps? Will you really read all of them?

[@steve_etzel]

Great video. I love your enthusiasm for chess books. One caution about value. "For sale" prices can be unreasonable. The best reference is eBay "sold" listings. Since you're probably not going to sell these books, it probably doesn't matter though.

[@luisayala9301]

I have observed many reviews of chess books but I was impressed by your joy and satisfaction in exposing your acquisitions congratulations a big hug and nothing to read and enjoy chess

[@RichardBrent90111]

I love your passion. I have a chess book collection myself if you want to compare book collections. I even have a formerly 1000$ book that was reprinted of Anand's games. I am a big fan of Karpov and have some rarer ones of his, including the one you have. I also have Kasparov's The test of time and some rarer Dvoretsky ones, too.

[@Opferschach]

1:00:01 The Ivanchuk book by Kalinichenko, one of the Zürich 1953 books, by Bronstein if I have to pick one, and the Curaçao 1961 book by Timman.

[@thechessnerd]

Good guess, but exactly :)

[@MissScarlett918]

you have good taste am a sucker for tournament and auto biographies very nice selections

[@l.thadrogers727]

Fantastic video!!

[@Stano87]

Hi, great video. I think your first books will be: Attacking Manual, Three Steps To Chess Mastery and The World Champions Teach Chess.

[@thechessnerd]

Close guess! but no ❤️

[@Fdssaswegbbvd]

well i am 5 months late, great video btw. MY guesses anyway are Capablanca's 100 best games of chess, The world champions teach chess and Dynamic chess strategy. You have probably read quite a few of those book so far. Great Video :)

[@Cant_find_good_Handle]

Why aren’t all game books written like that fisher vs Spassky book. I am going to get that if I can find it.

[@adnanebelfaquir]

Ur a legend i swear Greetings from Morocco 🇲🇦

[@miggylobos1]

I thought it was cool you don't discriminate the old descriptive notation. Congrats on the rare Larsen book.

[@yellapupavankumar7056]

awesome explaination

[@nandhankarthikeya5061]

Big fan from India

[@thechessnerd]

Sending you love to India ❤️ I hope you are following the Olympiad closely!! India vs India today!! 🔥

[@benja9046]

waiting for the video, I'm excited

[@thechessnerd]

We live!! How did you find it :)

[@benja9046]

@@thechessnerd finally

[@thechessnerd]

@@benja9046 Lemme know if you have some feedback or tips to improve / things you liked ❤️

[@patrickb2637]

this video brings me so much joy im so jealous

[@thechessnerd]

i love you 😭😭😭❤️

[@maurice8828]

I hope i can buy chess books, chess books are so expensive especially here in the ph. Shout out from ph

[@thechessnerd]

Shoutout to the Philippines!! I’ve been told that you have a similar stereotype to us Canadians in that you are very kind people (I was once on customer service with a Filipino and he proudly told me about Jollibee, he was so kind!!) Shoutout to you in the Philippines 🇵🇭 Who knows maybe I venture to Manila for some chess one day ❤️

[@maurice8828]

@@thechessnerd Looking forward to see you!!

[@Тельман-ш9э]

Cool man, can you write all books in one list please?

[@shadowbtd4654]

Hey Zach, I have a question how long have you played chess and what is your favorite gambit?

[@thechessnerd]

I’ll answer straight as an arrow, 16 years and the Schliemann’s Gambit.

[@shadowbtd4654]

Thanks!

[@PocketFilms100]

Some classic books in your selection. But you should be aware, for your future collecting, that books without the flyleaf are worth only a fraction of what books with the flyleaf will fetch. Of course, with the flyleaf books are far more attractive too.

[@ninjamitcherz]

Just think - one day in the year 2150 a college kid just like you will be raving about their new autobiographies by historical chess players Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura My guesses for the 3 books you've started reading: Curacao 1962, World Champions Teach Chess, Good Move Guide

[@thechessnerd]

What a deep thought! We will all be pleased when a Magnus, Hikaru or Caruana writes their own book that will run over every “move by move” made about them by another author. Can’t wait!! As for your guess, I will reply with ❌ and no further words since other people can guess off what I say! Nice try (it shows you watched the video)!!

[@yopiejoy3499]

I want to buy a collection of trap chess book and how to counter it, any suggestion ?

[@janferrer8254]

You are the best

[@michaelnorman4]

I agree

[@thechessnerd]

Love you both ❤️

[@christanmiguelsebastian4013]

Ngl, you look like Firouza🤯

[@thechessnerd]

What a compliment ❤️

[@SharkBaguette23]

Out of all these books the one that I have is Art of attack in chess by Vladimir Vukovich

[@thechessnerd]

beautiful one

[@ajpogisoltro]

Thank you chessnerd😁😁😁

[@Noblestone13]

I have to count, i have a lot of the books mentioned, maybe not always the same editions ...

[@Yornek1]

Why is Petrosian your favourite player

[@arianaa.3448]

No way youre in montreal… I need you to put me in contact with the seller 😂😂

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

Bro how GM think ahead in chess make a video on it it will help to learn

[@arepasaxo]

Imagine your move played. Then imagine the best response. Then your move. Then his. Then yours and so on. Think again with others variations. The difference is how many variations calculate

[@st0kersenpai]

how did that guy have 2000 frickin chess books?!

[@arepasaxo]

He is an old im i think

[@dimitarzhekov9550]

Hey mister, im from mtl too would be cool to meet you

[@pawmmm1]

Imagine going over to someone to pick up 54 chess books 💀 Anyways great video lol

[@Noblestone13]

i thought Tartakover wrote a lot about chess in german? Maybe he wrote in french in his later years?

[@andrewmik]

Man vatafak???? KZbin vatafak???? Why does this masterpiece have so few likes?

[@Red_emp_tion]

Cap I got all of these books at a yard sale for 4 twizzlers.

[@dianerizzipineda9518]

i have bobby fischer with signature maybe if you are interestwd😊

[@mariodahonda3698]

How many of these books have you read so far?

[@geoffreyevans6133]

The 1948 world chess tournament by GM Paul Keres is a better book.

[@nicolasgarciaguerrero8897]

im drooling breh

[@thechessnerd]

😂❤️

[@soniablanche5672]

damn you rich if you can buy $2000 books

[@thechessnerd]

I wish 😭 I didn’t spend $2000 I spent 1:00:28 $644 USD - as they were all used and I got them all for a very very good deal. ❤️ Still $830 in my currency out of my pocket in a weekend 💀 i promise my bank account said 🤬🤬🤬

[@ukzgmd3098]

Epico

[@thechessnerd]

Gracias ❤️

[@ukzgmd3098]

@@thechessnerd wait I got a reply from GM hikaru from ebay?? Sheeesh

[@bleedingcovenant9495]

@@ukzgmd3098 this man’s got a name and his is ZACH respect it brah

[@endgame64]

“Euwe” is pronounced “Err-verr”

[@chessyoshi8626]

Me - how can someone watch these make-up haul videos, how boring. Also me - Omg, he’s got a bunch of chess books… what’s next? Show them faster!! What’s next?????

[@rohit_0198]

Chess was originated in India but........

[@thechessnerd]

What moment are you referring to? I agree with what you’re saying…

[@rohit_0198]

@@thechessnerd I am just telling

[@jiahuibot2585]

Actually, almost all of these are uploaded on the internet for free. It's nice to discover them though, and I will read many of them.

[@drthvdr2802]

I literally found the Ben Larsen book on scribd and downloaded it lol?