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Book about the best chess player of the nineteenth century analyzes his games and positions in depth, discusses other players of the period (Adolph Anderssen and Wilhelm Steinitz), Morphy's rare blunders and omissions, as well as selected endgames and openings. Diagrams.15 halftones.

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Even chess legend Bobby Fischer occasionally lost matches, and his rare defeats offer valuable lessons for ordinary players. This intriguing collection, compiled by a noted chess master, features comprehensive text-and-diagram analyses of 61 of Fischer’s losing games. Highlights include "the losing moment," the move at which each game was beyond saving.

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Enjoy and learn from 50 of the greatest games ever played, featuring a roster of chess immortals: Morphy, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Botvinnik and many more. All are immersed here in titanic struggles that bring out their most courageous, resourceful and tenacious play. Steinitz v. Lasker for world championship, 1896; Capablanca v. Marshall, New York, 1918; many more. 99 diagrams. Index of openings.

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Noted authority analyzes and annotates 50 games—spanning nearly 70 years of competition—recognized for imaginative and inventive combinations. Steinitz vs. Lasker, London, 1899; Capablanca vs. Janowski, New York, 1918; Alekhine vs. Marshall, New York, 1927; Botvinnik vs. Tartakower, Nottingham, 1936; and many more. Enjoyable reading and invaluable instruction for players at every level. 50 diagrams.

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Over 200 games by great Cuban champion, drawn from lesser matches and exhibition events, which nevertheless display the incredible prowess of "the chess machine." Included are games against Corzo, which earned Capablanca the Cuban Championship at the age of 12, as well as match and exhibition games, consultation games, simultaneous games, simultaneous games with clocks and other events. Discover and learn from brilliant strategies, subtle positional maneuvers. Bibliography. 151 diagrams.

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Sixty-two masterly demonstrations of the basic strategies of winning at chess, featuring games by the greatest chess masters—Capablanca, Tarrasch, Fischer, Alekhine, Lasker, Petrosian among them—compiled and annotated by one of chess literature’s most brilliant authors. Each game selected offers a classic example of a fundamental problem and its best resolution, described and diagramed in the clearest possible manner for players of every level of skill. 146 illustrations. Introduction. Table of Contents. Index of Players.

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All 210 games from the greatest tournament since World War II. Smyslov, Bronstein, Keres, Reshevsky, Petrosian, 10 others; perceptive annotations by Bronstein. Algebraic notation. 352 diagrams. First authoritative English translation from the Russian.

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Games by the greatest player of all time: 54 against such masters as Anderssen, Harrwitz, Mongredien, Bird, Paulsen and others; 52 of the best blindfold games; 52 games at odds; and 142 in consultation, informally, etc. Detailed annotations of games by such expert analysts as Sergeant, Steinitz, Anderssen and Morphy himself.