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Yesterday I got a terrific comment on a very old post, one that also happens to be a favorite of mine: Jerry Hanken on Reshevsky vs. Fischer <\/a>(2010). That was a post about the aborted Reshevsky-Fischer match from 1961 and how it fell apart, and it ended with a wonderful anecdote that the late Jerry Hanken told me about the match. The new comment, from “MPropp,” added something that had been missing before — a viewpoint from somebody in Reshevsky’s camp. I use the word “camp” loosely; MPropp was a student of Reshevsky’s.<\/p>\n

This comment got me thinking: How can readers of this blog find out about good posts that I wrote a long time ago? I feel guilty about the fact that I have been promising a personal top-ten list since forever, and yet I have\u00a0never compiled it. Today I will finally make good on my promise. I will also give you an update on the most popular posts in this blog, which of course is not the same as the best posts! And finally, it’s your turn in the sun: I will give you a list of the top five COMMENTERS on this blog.<\/p>\n

First, my personal top-ten list. It’s actually a “fine fifteen,” and I’m not going to attempt to rate them. That’s because I want you to read them all! If I rated them, you would only read the top one or three or so. Instead, I will give them chronologically.<\/p>\n