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Batsford - Games Collections
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Petrosian vs the Elite
By Ray Keene and Julian Simpole
Publication Date: February 1, 2007
Editorial Review:
This book contains 71 deeply annotated chess victories of Tigran Petrosian (World Champion from 1963 to 1969) against the leading players of his day, some of which are in print for the first time. The authors' authoritative but accessible language makes it a good read for the amateur as well as a cast-iron network of interlocking variations to satisfy the professionals.
Petrosian was underrated as world champion in his day (many of his achievements were drowned out by the furore surrounding Bobby Fischer) but he is now being critically reappraised – Garry Kasparov paid fulsome tribute to him at a recent London lecture. This insightful book aims to restore him to his rightful position in the pantheon of chess greats.
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Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1999-2005
by Tibor Karolyi, Nick Aplin
Publication Date: 1 August 2006
Editorial Review:
Garry Kasparov has dominated the world of competitive chess longer than any other world champion, and this period is one of the most fascinating and controversial of his career. It includes his many frustrated attempts to reunite the world championship, and ends with the dramatic announcement of his retirement, immediately after winning his seventh Linares tournament. International Master Tibor Károly brings a rich selection of the exciting games of this period to life, offering extensive and illuminating in-depth analysis. An unrivalled guide to understanding the eclectic style of a true giant of the chessboard.
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Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1993-1998
by Tibor Karolyi, Nick Aplin
Publication Date: 27 July 2006
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Garry Kasparov has dominated the world of competitive chess longer than any other world champion. What better time than now, on the eve of his retirement, to celebrate his unprecedented achievements? The period 1993–1998, covered in this volume, represents one of the richest phases of his career. International Master Tibor Károly has selected some of the finest games of those years, and with the help of today’s computer programs, analyzes them to a depth never before possible sometimes correcting the errors of earlier analysts. A unique look at the brilliance and versatility of the player many consider the greatest of all time.
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Why Lasker Matters
By Andrew Soltis
Publication Date: 23 February 2006
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Emanuel Lasker was the longest-reigning world champion (1894-1921) and remained one of the world's top 10 players for nearly four decades. He competed against top players such as Capablanca, Rubinstein and Alekhine at the height of their game, and was consistently successful, yet almost no one studies his games today. Lasker is often overlooked by the modern chess player, and the secrets of his success remain a mystery.
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Najdorf: Life and Games
by Adrian Mikhalchischin, Tomasz Lissowski
Publication Date: 27 April 2005
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Miguel Najdorf has been described as a flamboyant poet of the chessboard. A celebrated Grandmaster, his playing career spanned six decades. He is perhaps best known for the eponymous Najdorf opening variation of the Sicilian Defence – often used to good effect by Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. A highly influential chess writer he won many International tournaments although never played for the World Championship.
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Judit Polgar - The Princess of Chess
by Tibor Karolyi
Publication Date: 17 December 2004
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The chess world acknowledges that Judit Polgar is unique. She is a woman who competes on equal terms with the world’s best chess men, defeating even the world number one Garry Kasparov. In this book, Tibor Károlyi analyses in depth a large selection of Judit’s exciting games taken from all stages of her career and filled to the brim with neat tactics and attacks on the king. She is the product of a family driven by chess and from an early age was groomed for success. The book covers Judit’s early childhood when her father and two sisters all contributed greatly to the development of her chess skills. Having trained with both of Judit’s sisters, Zsuzsa and Sofia, the author experienced first-hand the parents’ innovative methods of education and their creation of a world-class chess grandmaster.
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Bobby Fischer: The Wandering King
By Hans Bohm and Kees Jongkind
Publication Date: 24 March 2004
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Is Bobby Fischer the all-time greatest chess genius? No one can answer that question but his career is truly inspiring: the struggle of one man against the entire Eastern European chess elite. After a steady but spectacular triumphal march towards the World Title in 1972 he never played in public again, except for a controversial match in 1992 against his old rival Boris Spassky. Since then an increasingly alien Fischer has wandered the globe, only surfacing for occasional radio interviews, and his lowest point came when he was heard condoning the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York. Since then, the controversy surrounding Fischer has deepened, with his Japanese jail sentence and subsequent extradition battle.
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I Play Against Pieces
By Gligoric
Publication Date: June 30, 2003
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Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric, once rated the strongest European chess player outside of Russia, has pursued a long and distinguished chess career. This highly acclaimed collection of over 100 of his best games, including classic wins against world champions and other top players such as Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Keres, Korchnoi, Larsen, Najdorf, and Reshevsky, now appears for the first time in English.The title of the book I Play Against Pieces reflects Gligoric's thoroughly objective approach to chess, which has always been characterised by great clarity and logic, resulting in a wealth of model games.
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Bobby Fischer Rediscovered
By Andy Soltis
Publication Date: 30 June 2003
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Although 30 years have passed since Bobby Fischer single-handedly wrested the world chess title from the former Soviet Union, admiration for his beautiful play remains as strong as ever. As copies of My 60 Memorable Games by Fischer are elusive and the book only covers material up to 1967 in any case, the author has provided a timely volume that retraces Bobby’s chess career from his teenage years in New York right up to his final matches with Boris Spassky, taking a fresh look at the chessboard masterpieces that have made him a living chess legend.
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Tony Miles: 'It's only me'
By Geoff Lawton, Mike Fox & Malcolm Hunt
Publication Date: 30 May 2003
Editorial Review:
A fascinating and entertaining collection of games articles, annotations and reviews by Britain's first Grandmaster. It is the book that Tony Miles should have written had he not died so prematurely in 2001. The compilation includes all his most famous wins, some of his losses, hitherto unpublished games from Tony's earlier years, and – in addition to the famous game against Karpov with the St George's opening 1 e4 a6 – a much less well-known win over the then world champion from a television tournament. Nearly all of the games have annotations by Tony – in his own inimitable style. As well as being one of England's greatest players, Tony was, as this book demonstrates, one of the funniest writers on the game.
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Jon Speelman's Best Games
by Jon Speelman
Publication Date: 5 October 1997
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World-championship candidate and three-times British Champion, Jon Speelman annotates the best of his games from his career to date. He is renowned as a great fighter and analyst, and a highly original player. This book provides entertainment and instruction in abundance.
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Paul Keres : Quest for Perfection
by Paul Keres
Publication Date: 5 February 1997
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It was arguably only Soviet politics that prevented Keres from becoming World Champion. You can judge for yourself from the games in this book, which charts his career through many Candidates cycles as he refined his classical attacking style. John Nunn annotates Keres's best games from his final years, completing the first-ever coverage of his whole career.
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Paul Keres: The Road to the Top
by Paul Keres
Publication Date: 5 August 1996
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Keres charts his progress from his early days as a self-taught young talent to his battles for the world title.
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Anatoly Karpov's Best Games
by Anatoly Karpov
Publication Date: 5 May 1996
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Anatoly Karpov is one of the greatest chess players of all time. His play is a blend of harmony, logic, tenacity and power. Here he analyses and explains his 64 best games from his quarter-century as a top-class player. His commentaries are especially instructive since, unlike many annotators, he describes his plans and thoughts at the board.
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