Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1

by Neil McDonald, Garry Kasparov

Overview

Many players are serious about their chess but become stuck at a certain playing strength. It’s rarely a lack of talent or practice or opening knowledge that holds them back. Usually they get left behind because they don’t know how to make best use of the time they have available to study chess. This book addresses this problem and is your self-improvement plan. It shows you how to work on your own games to root out mistakes. It will sharpen your calculation of variations. You will be challenged to find the best middlegame strategy. Endgame technique is also covered in detail. All topics are discussed with numerous examples and puzzles from the games of modern players such as Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Viswanathan Anand. If you want your chess to leap forward it’s time to Coach Yourself! * A complete self-improvement programme. * All aspects of the game included. * Utilizes a structured approach, making the most of your study time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781781945155
Publisher:	Chess Elevation
Publication date:	08/07/2020
Pages:	466
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Garry Kasparov is generally regarded as the greatest chess player ever. He was the thirteenth World Champion, holding the title between 1985 and 2000. 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.

Read an Excerpt

EXTRACT FROM STEINITZ CHAPTER:Steinitz was born in a Prague ghetto, into the family of a petty hardware merchant, in which he was child number thirteen(!). He learned chess by watching his father playing. After finishing school in the mid-fifties, he continued his education in Vienna, which had ancient chess traditions (it is sufficient to recall the names of Allgaier, Hamppe and Falkbeer). When in London and Paris the fame of Morphy and Andersen was at its height, in a small Vienna café a certain poor student was making a living by playing for stakes...

Table of Contents

(1) Introduction; (2) Champions before Steinitz; (3)Wilhelm Steinitz; (4)Emanuel Lasker; (5)Jose Capablanca; (6) Alexander Alekhine

Interviews

This work, the first part of a trilogy, will undoubtedly be regarded as the major chess work of recent times. Kasparov is generally regarded as the greatest player ever and so his thoughts on his predecessors will be of great interest to the chess public at large.