The five volumes in the My Great Predecessors series are about the players who preceded Kasparov in being official World Champions. The series of books continued with the Modern Chess volumes that covers developments in the s and Kasparov's games with Anatoly Karpov. The series is being extended with three volumes of Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov , covering his other games. The books contain historical details, but for the most part the books are made up of annotated games. Chess journalist Dmitry Plisetsky helped with the books and Kasparov thanks some other chess players in the prefaces of each of the volumes.
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Harry Potter. Popular Features. Home Learning. Notify me. Description 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 , Emanuel Lasker , Jose Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine and Part two features the play of champions Max Euwe Mikhail Botvinnik , and , Vassily Smyslov and Mikhail Tal 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. Product details Format Hardback pages Dimensions x x Back cover copy The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but of the public at large.
This magnificent compilation of play from the early days of chess forms the basis of the first part 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 early predecessors to a rigorous analysis. This volume features the play of champions Wilhelm Steintz , Emanuel Lasker , Jose Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine and However, this book more than just a compilation of play of the early greats of chess.
Kasparov's biographies of the early champions places them in a fascinating historical, political and cultural context. About Garry Kasparov Garry Kasparov is generally regarded as the greatest chess player ever. He was the thirteenth World Champion, holding the title between and His tournament record is second to none, featuring numerous wins in the world's major events, often by substantial margins.
Over the last few years he has taken first prize in ten consecutive major international events. Rating details. Book ratings by Goodreads. Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers with over 50 million reviews. We're featuring millions of their reader ratings on our book pages to help you find your new favourite book.
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It is well known that studying the classics is a highly effective method of chess improvement. Modern GM ideas build on ideas of the past while adding layers of complexity. How can one properly understand modern ideas unless you have familiarized yourself with at least some of the older and easier to understand ideas that modern chess built on? The primary value in Kasparov's series is that he teaches the most important classics volume 1 covers Greko through Alekhine. As a student of the Botvinnik school, you can expect Kasparov to know his classics very well and remember what the most important games were.
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