The Duel: The Parallel Chess Lives of A.alekhine and J.r. Capablanca - Couverture souple

Bossi, Alessandro; Brovelli, Claudio

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9464201568 ISBN 13 : 9789464201567

Editeur : Thinkers Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

In "The Duel", Alessandro Bossi and Claudio Brovelli go deep into the lives of
these two legendary World Champions, who have left their mark in an unforgettable manner on their epoch (the first forty years of the 20th century) and who
remain - in part, due to their very different personalities and relationship with
the game - inimitable examples for all the chess-playing generations to come.
The choice to present in parallel the two biographies (in my opinion quite rightly
so), shows clearly and effectively similarities and differences, not only in the style
of play, but also in the approaches to life of the two protagonists.
With very precise historical descriptions and presenting the events in chronological order, the authors accompany us on a journey alongside the lives of these
two legends of chess. In this fashion the personalities emerge, in many ways antithetical but equally fascinating: Capablanca, friendly and charming in society,
precocious, genial and nearly invincible on the chessboard, and Alekhine, who
combined a wonderful talent with a capacity for work, a competitive attitude and
an energy which was truly enviable.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Alessandro Bossi (Born 1956, Candidate
Master)

A lawyer by
profession, Alessandro first developed a passion for chess in the early 70's,
just before the famous match between Fischer and Spassky (1972). Over the years
he has won more than forty prizes in chess events, for instance he was champion
of the province of Varese in 2019. He is co-founder of the chess club "Esteban
Canal", situated in the same province, where he also acts as trainer. Fond of
history, he has written two short biographies on the lives of Galileo Galilei
and of Abraham Lincoln, as supplements to the Italian newspaper Corriere
della Sera, published in 2019 and 2020.

Claudio Brovelli (Born 1960, Candidate
Master)

Claudio, born in Switzerland,
learnt to play chess from his father by following "the Match of the Century", Fischer
vs. Spassky in 1972. In his youth he played several tournaments and reached, at
his peak, an Elo rating of 2200. He currently works for the Italian public administration
in the municipality of Milan. He was champion of the province of Varese (2020)
and is a trainer. As he is not
particularly fond of online play, he has not played much recently, although he still
follows with interest the major chess events. His chess heroes will always
be J.R. Capablanca and Bobby Fischer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thinkers Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9464201568
• ISBN 13: 9789464201567
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 302
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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