Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - Couverture rigide

Kasparov, Garry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1857443306 ISBN 13 : 9781857443301

Editeur : Everyman Chess, 2003

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators.
These magnificent compilations of chess form the basis of the first two parts of Garry Kasparov's definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Garry Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chessplayer ever, subjects the play of his predecessors to a rigorous analysis.
Part one features the play of champions Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-1894), Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921), Jose Capablanca (1921-1927) and Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935 and 1937-1946).
Part two features the play of champions Max Euwe (1935-1937) Mikhail Botvinnik (1946-1957, 1958-1961 and 1961-1963), Vassily Smyslov (1957-1958) and Mikhail Tal (1960-1961).
These books are more than just a compilation of the games of these champions. Kasparov's biographies place them in a fascinating historical, political and cultural context. Kasparov explains how each champion brought his own distinctive style to the chessboard and enriched the theory of the game with new ideas.
All these games have been thoroughly reassessed with the aid of modern software technology and the new light this sheds on these classic masterpieces is fascinating.

Revue de presse :

...probably the most enjoyable chess book I have ever read. --Nigel Short, The Sunday Telegraph

...the immediate impression is of a landmark publication. --John Saunders, British Chess Magazine

...the most important chess book ever to appear since Bobby Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games, three decades or so ago. --Raymond Keene, The Times

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Everyman Chess
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1857443306
• ISBN 13: 9781857443301
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 464