was thinking of getting 125 selected games by smyslov, was wondering if this is the best collection on smyslov. anyone know if the annotations are good?(i like ideas explained and not a bunch of variations, the annotations in alekhines my best games are the type im looking for.) also was thinking of getting a mini-chess set for travel, like with magnets or something. but all ive been able to find are ones with white or black circles with the opposite collor figurines drawn on top, which can make it dificult to quickly differentiate between the white and black pieces. not sure if its the use of the same shape for each peices or the same colors for both sides or both. anyone know of a good one? thx.
I have one with metal pieces that have pegs underneath instead of magnets... I like it better for some reason, and it has a cool leather case around it that zips up.
http://www.bgamers.com/images/imetalpegchs.jpg
It looks similar to this one, the pieces are the same but the board is brown and white and again, it has a leather case, not wood.
I would reccomend the metal pieces with the pegs.