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The Queen’s GambitBook

by Walter Tevis

Who uses, recommends or left The Queen’s Gambit, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Kenneth Rogoff
Kenneth Rogoff is a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund and a professor of economics at Harvard University.
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Uh another book that I think uh is I just love and people have seen the series but haven't read the book is the Queen's Gambit by Walter Tavis. It is one of the most perfect books ever written. kind of asked the question, what if Bobby Fischer, the maybe the greatest chess player of all time, was a woman, how would it have played out and the Netflix series was just majestical?

Answering The Ezra Klein Show's closing question, three books to recommend, in “Trump vs. the Dollar” (https://nytimes.com/2025/05/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-kenneth-rogoff.html). Quoted from the episode's YouTube auto-captions.

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