The life and games of Manuel Bosboom, the Dutch player known for attacking chess and for beating Kasparov in a blitz game. By Peter Boel and Merijn van Delft, published by New in Chess in 2021, with a foreword by Bosboom himself. Paperback, 288 pages.
Eleven chapters, part biography and part games collection, and the chapter titles give the flavor: Who’s The Boss?, Mate-weaver, Lean and mean, Manuel versus Computer, Power play in the 1990s, Swindles, Messing about in the new millennium, Forever young, and Curiouser. Two of the chapters are working sections rather than narrative, a set of combinations drawn from his games and the solutions to them. An afterword, an index of names and a bibliography close the book.
Best for: readers who enjoy attacking chess and an unconventional career. Club level and up.