Lessons with a Grandmaster, II

by Boris Gulko, Joel Sneed

Overview

Imagine you are a club player who has been given the opportunity to talk at length with a famous Grandmaster. How would you make the most of this opportunity?This book is the much anticipated follow-up to the highly acclaimed and award-nominated L

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857446975
Publisher:	Everyman Chess
Publication date:	10/16/2012
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	808,122
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Boris Gulko is one of the most distinguished Grandmasters in the chess world. He's a former Soviet Champion and has also won the US Championship twice since his immigration in 1986, making him the only chess player ever to have held both the American and Soviet championship titles.

Table of Contents

About the Authors 3

Preface 7

Introduction 9

1 B. Gulko-L. Grigorian, Batumi 1969 11

2 B. Gulko-A. Kochyev, Lvov 1978 24

3 E. Sveshnikov-B. Gulko, Volgodonsk 1981 31

4 B. Gulko-N. De Firmian, US Championship, Long Beach 1989 38

5 B. Gulko-P. Poutiainen, Yerevan 1976 45

6 B. Gulko-O. Renet, Marseilles 1986 54

7 B. Gulko-Y. Seirawan, US Championship, Long Beach 1989 59

8 V. Mamoshin-B. Gulko, Odessa 1972 68

9 B. Gulko-M. Chiburdanidze, Frunze 1985 80

10 B. Gulko-B. lvkov, Polanica Zdroj 1977 90

11 B. Gulko-A. Panchenko, Kishinev 1975 102

12 S. Gorelov-B. Gulko, Minsk 1985 110

13 B. Chesney-B. Gulko, Somerset, USA 1986 116

14 B. Gulko-V. Salov, Reykjavik 1991 127

15 B. Gulko-S. Lputian, Sochi 1985 136

16 B. Gulko-D. Bronstein, Kiev 1969 144

17 Wl. Schmidt-B. Gulko, Yerevan 1976 155

18 B. Gulko-P. Van der Sterren, Amsterdam 1988 163

19 N. Rashkovsky-B. Gulko, Volgodonsk 1981 171

20 B. Gulko-A. Chernin, USSR Championship, Riga 1985 183

21 B. Gulko-R. Scherbakov, Helsinki 1992 192

22 B. Gulko-M. Rivas Pastor, Dos Hermanas 1994 201

23 V. Doroshkievich-B. Gulko, USSR Championship, Yerevan 1975 211

24 B. Gulko-L. Alburt, USSR Championship, Yerevan 1975 221

25 B. Gulko-P. Popovic, Paris 1986 230

26 B. Gulko-L. Portisch, Niksic 1978 238

27 B. Gulko-E. Geller, USSR Championship, Yerevan 1975 248

28 D. Bronstein-B. Gulko, Moscow Championship 1968 259

29 A. Shirov-B. Gulko, Groningen 1993 272

30 R. Vaganian-B. Gulko, Baku 1977 284

Conclusion 297

Index of Openings 299

Index of Opponents 300

Editorial Reviews

Reading this book is the closest you can come with having a Grandmaster give you live chess lessons. I think GM Gulko & Dr Sneed have written a keeper of a book for all chess players under 2200.

- Florida Chess

Lessons with a Grandmaster II is a book to be savored for its ideological analysis of tactical chess. This is a book about seeing, discovering, thinking, and creating. Gulko is a wizard of the imagination. Even though volume two is a book about tactics, it is obvious that Gulko transitions seamlessly between tactical, strategic, and positional considerations. For Boris, these elements flow freely through the board like an endless current. The flow of his critical thought and imagination seem at times separate, yet somehow one and the same. In positions that seem indefinably mysterious, Gulko's insight strikes with the flash and recognition of lightning. And he conducts each session with verve and enthusiasm. Readers who like a warm approach to learning chess, or who get lost in long lines of analysis, will welcome the understandable format and practical approach of these books by Gulko and Sneed. The grandmaster and his talented sidekick are back. They are at the board, shuffling and analyzing. But these lessons are for us. This is learning at its best. ****** (out of 6)

- ChessCafe.com

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