My 60 Memorable Games

My 60 Memorable Games is Bobby Fischer's autobiographical game collection, first published in 1969. Fischer selected sixty encounters from his career and annotated them, meaning that he added explanations, evaluations, and alternative moves to show what he considered, calculated, or misunderstood. Larry Evans contributed analytical introductions to the games.

The selection includes wins, draws, and losses. That range is central to the book's character: Fischer does not present an unbroken record of success, but also examines his own errors and questionable decisions. A printed variation is not necessarily a sequence that occurred. It is a hypothetical line showing what might have followed a different choice.

The original edition uses descriptive notation. Some later editions use algebraic notation, in which every square has a fixed coordinate such as e4 or h7. A reader should check which system an edition uses because it can greatly affect accessibility.

The instructional value lies in connecting moves with reasons. Reading only the main game reveals the result, but pausing before each major note and choosing a move independently turns the book into active training.