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1. Viktor Korchnoi

   Author of Chess is My Life, My Best Games, Vol. 2: Games with Black, Persona Non Grata

2. Garry Kasparov

   Author of Garry Kasparov on Fischer: Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 4 (My Great Predecessors), Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 2, Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 3 (My Great Predecessors)

3. Alexander Alekhine

   Author of New York 1924, My Best Games of Chess 1924-1937, Book of the Nottingham International Chess Tournament

4. Andrew Soltis

   Author of Pawn Structure Chess, The Art of Defense in Chess, Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion: A Biography With 220 Games

5. Reuben Fine

   Author of Ideas Behind the Chess Openings: Algebraic Edition (Chess), Basic Chess Endings, Psychology of the Chess Player

6. Mikhail Tal

   Author of Life & Games of Mikhail Tal, Tal-Botvinnik, 1960, Montreal 1979: Tournament of Stars (Russian Chess)

7. Alexander Kotov

   Author of Think Like a Grandmaster, The Soviet School of Chess, Alexander Alekhine

8. Mikhail Botvinnik

   Author of Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games, Return Match for the World Chess Championship: Botvinnik Tal: Moscow 1961 (Progress in Chess), Selected Games: 1967 - 1970 (Pergamon Russian Chess)

9. David Bronshtein

   Author of Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953, 200 Open Games (Chess), Bronstein On the King's Indian

10. Savielly Tartakower

    Author of 500 Master Games of Chess (3 Books in 1 Volume), My Best Games of Chess 1905-1954 (Two Volumes Bound As One)

11. Bent Larsen

    Author of Larsen's Selected Games of Chess 1948-69, San Antonio 72 Church's Fried Chicken First International Chess Tournament

12. Vasily V. Smyslov

    Author of My Best Games of Chess: 1935-1957, Smyslov's 125 Selected Games

13. Dimitry Plisetsky

    Author of Russians versus Fischer (Everyman Chess)

14. Hans Kmoch

    Author of Pawn Power in Chess, Rubinstein's Chess Masterpieces: 100 Selected Games

15. Aron Nimzovich

    Author of My System, Chess Praxis

16. Yuri Averbakh

    Author of Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge, Queen and Pawn Endings

17. Paul Keres

    Author of The Art of the Middle Game, Practical Chess Endings

18. Jose Raul Capablanca

    Author of My Chess Career, World's Championship Matches, 1921 and 1927

19. Jonathan Rowson

    Author of Chess for Zebras: Thinking Differently about Black and White

20. Eliot Hearst

    Author of Blindfold Chess: History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and Important Games