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Title: Total gossip
Review: I have several problems with Chess Bitch. It's unorganized and the research was sloppily done. After reading it, I still don't get what the author is trying to achieve. The book is completely lack of focus and direction. It seems that it's part chess history, part gossip, part revenge and part of everything else thrown in.Some characters in Chess Bitch were made to look very bad such as Rachel Crotto, Liz Vicary, Alex Shabalov, Irina Krush, Sasha Kosteniuk, etc. Not sure why but it seems that way.The most silly mistake is Kasparov being a World Champion in 1980. Jenny also made Kasparov look very bad. One has to assume for personal reason. I hope the next book will be better. This one is quite disappointing. There were also oodles of other mistakes and poor research.Overall, the book is perfect for the liberal left wing feminists. On the other hand, it's not recommended for the rest. You'd be blacklisted and laughed at if you publish a book like this in some serious chess country.
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