aStoreMax – Garry Kasparov on Fischer: Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 4 (My Great Predecessors) September 5, 2008
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Garry Kasparov on Fischer: Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 4 (My Great Predecessors)
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This book brings together the two greatest names in the history of chess. The author, Garry Kasparov, is the world number one, and by common consent, the greatest player ever. The subject of the book, Bobby Fischer, is the only American to have become world champion and is probably the greatest natural talent the world has ever seen.
In the period between 1955 and 1972, Fischer, more or less single-handedly, took on the might of the Soviet Chess Empire and won. During this time Fischer scored astonishing successes, the likes of which had not been seen before. These included 11/11 in the 1963/64 U.S. Championship and match victories (en route to the World Championship) by the score of 6-0 against two of the strongest players in the world, Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen. The climax of Fischer’s campaign was his unforgettable match win in Reykjavik in 1972 against Boris Spassky.
However, Fischer is not only remembered for his achievements over-the-board, he is almost equally well-known for his temperamental behavior away from the board. He made extreme demands of all those around him, including tournament organizers. When these demands were not met he often refused to play. The 1972 match against Spassky required the intervention of no less than Henry Kissinger to smooth things over. In 1975, when he was due to defend his title against Anatoly Karpov, Fischer was completely unable to agree terms with FIDE (the World Chess Federation) and was defaulted. After this, he more or less gave up chess, playing only once, a “return” match against Spassky in 1992.
In this book, a must for all serious chess players, Kasparov deeply analyzes Fischer’s greatest games and assesses the legacy of this great American genius.
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Summary: Kasparov is just a lot of talk !
Comment: Plain & simple, Kasparov has super computers doing all the work on finding Fischer mistakes in this book. Computers are the steroids of chess. Todays players cannot be judged equally because of this. Fischer, and prior chess masters, had only their minds and that is why they will continue to be known as the greatest natural players of all time.
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Summary: good analysis but not really objective
Comment: Garry Kasparov put an enormous work on this volume with some high-class analysis. I guess I am not the only one that went directly to the Fischer-chapter! It becomes clear that Kasparov admires Fischer but by reasons of his own vanity he shows a rather critical approach. This is especially more obvious when compared with the volume on Karpov. Karpov is presented as an incredible genius and Kasparov suggests that he could have beaten Fischer. Whether this is so, can be doubted but we shall never know. Subconciously Kasparov sees himself as the truely biggest genius of them all, since he managed to beat Karpov!
Kasparovs opinion that Fischer plays uncertain in unclear positions and has a rather poor intuition can be questioned. Perfect play doesn’t exist and there are many examples of Fischer playing brilliantly in unclear positions. Apparently Kasparov is influenced very much by the old soviet anti-Fischer attitude. It looks as if Kasparov is looking for points to criticize Fischer, what he doesn’t do with Karpov.
Kasparovs comments on Fischer personal life are interesting but rather one-sided. It is true that Fischer had a very difficult childhood but it is also true that the soviet chess players – during the Cold War! – did everything in their powers to destabilize Fischer. Fischer was an easy target: he was alone, preoccupied with chess and limited defense mechanisms. To compete adult grandmasters who represent communist views on life, must gave added to Fischer paranoic tendencies. In this sence, it is surprising that Kasparov defend Fischer fight for better playing conditions but doesn’t defend him at the end of the Reshevsky match. Here the young Fischer was confronted with a different playing schedule because the sponsor wanted to visit her husband’s concert, Fischer lost and was condemmed by everyone while his behaviour is quite understandable. It would have been good if Kasparov would have defended Fischer on this occasion. How would he have reacted himself when this would have happened to him? He hardly pays any attention to Fischers behaviour towards the other chess players, which was highly appreciated by his colleagues.
Also Kasparovs statement that Fischer won in 1971-1972 because his opponents collapsed psychologically, can be doubted. He suggests that Fischer would not have been succesfull if his opponents would have stayed stable. This is an underestimation of Fischers power. Fischer devoted himself completely to playing chess, knew how to play against different opponents and put all his energy in to it. In this sence Kasparov is right. Maybe the truth is simpler: Confronted with such a powerful opponent and a few losses, Fischers opponents lost their self confidence. Well, of course… He tried to win, but so did his opponents, who were excellently prepared by the Soviet chess school themselves. It seems to me that Kasparovs attitude towards Fischer is infuened by the fact that Kasparov, brilliant as he was himself, never was able to achieve the superiority that Fischer achieved in his top years. When you read the book with this in mind, you will have a wonderful time with this interesting book that I myself enjoy very much too! (and my apologies to Reshevsky, Najdorf and Larsen.. I didn’t study them yet…)
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Summary: Excellent five-volume set
Comment: This is Volume Four of the five-volume set of My Great Predecessors. I had to do a lot of shopping around to find each volume at a price I could afford, but if you are serious about developing an understanding of chess strategy, this set is an excellent resource. The books cover the history of great chessmasters, detailing many of their games. I don’t start at page one and read through them sequentially; rather, I look up a particular strategy and lay out the game on my chessboard to move through it. One game usually leads to another, and I can spend hours going through the volumes this way. [NOTE that this review is authored by my 19-year-old son.]
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Summary: Fischer Games on Kasparov Analize
Comment: This a excellent book, one of my favorites. I’m a lover of Ficher’s games. I recommend this book for all chess players.
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Summary: Worth every penny
Comment: Kasparov is unduly critical at times, looking through the lens of over 30 years of hindsight and assisted by computer analysis.
Some of the variations he gives to justify his “corrections” of previously published assessments go to 15+ moves, with many subvariations, more than most mortals could possibly calculate at the board with the clock ticking.
I did enjoy his looking at the openings used at the time through the eyes of modern theory, often describing how and when a line evolved- better than scanning the columns in MCO.
He is best when he notes the psychological and competitive ideas that lead a player to choose one opening, or move, over another. The exception is the suggestion that some world class players felt “doom”, by the 1970’s, when matched against Robert the 11th. Fischer was just that much better!
He does a great job of describing the scenarios surrounding each game, and he offers paragraphs of prose to accompany his deep analysis.
What most impressed me is how well he shows that Fischer’s utter relentlessness, not just his famous “play for a win every time” approach, but also his staying in a “drawn” game for 80 moves, and playing into positions with only a theoretically slight plus, but then posing a series problems for his opponents to solve, often just wore his
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aStoreMax – How to Crush Your Chess Opponents September 4, 2008
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How to Crush Your Chess Opponents
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Simon Williams, one of Britain’s most dynamic and aggressive chess-players, has selected his favourite attacking games from the modern era, and annotated them with an infectious zeal that will inspire and instruct. He takes us inside the decision-making process, explaining how each stage in an attacking concept is formed, and shows how top players spot the signs that indicate it is time to stake everything on an all-out assault. We also get insights into the role of intuition and calculation in both attack and defence.
The players featured in this entertaining collection include: * Judit Polgar * Alexei Shirov * Veselin Topalov * Viswanathan Anand * Vasily Ivanchuk * Peter Svidler * Alexander Grishchuk * Magnus Carlsen *
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aStoreMax – Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy September 3, 2008
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Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
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Summary: Don’t see the point
Comment: I don’t see the point of this book. Presents bunch of special cases to confirm that general rules are no good. But good players know when to deviate from rules anyway, and beginners need to know the rules first. So, who is this book for?
Also, this guy writes way too many books which always seems suspicious to me.
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Summary: Very well written
Comment: I liked this book: it can give you clear ideas about a set of topics about strategy. The first part is built upon the discussion of the ideas given in “My System”, by Nimzowitsch, as seen from a modern master’s point of view. Despite of this other-source-dependence, the book if self-sustaining: you do not need to read Nimzowitsch’s book to understand J. Watson’s.
If you want to improve your strategic skills on chess, buy it (and read it!).
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Summary: Interesting, but what’s it for?
Comment: Take my comments here with a grain of salt. I’m an intermediate player and no more than that. I will never know as much about chess as Mr Watson. But I have this book, and others like me will buy it (as we probably are the target audience), so I’ll put in my two cents worth as to my impressions.
First of all, a lot of work has gone into this book. Mr Watson is very scholarly, and writes very well. My first impressions of this book were “amazing”, just like many of the reviews here. But the more I read, and the more I think, the more I have some concerns. So I will try to list them now:
1. Who is this aimed at? As an intermediate player, I am looking for chess books that “teach me”, that “help me to improve” or are just “fun to read”. But this book purports from the outset to be more of a summary of what is going on in modern chess.
2. Is Mr Watson qualified to summarize modern chess strategy? As a 1700 odd player, I don’t really understand a game that a 2000 player is playing. I have read and seen that the jump from IM to GM is enormous. I have serious doubts that anyone less than GM level can accurately describe how GM’s are applying strategy, let alone describe all the strategic advances since Nimzovich. In fact, I doubt that Mr Watson, as an IM, could fully explain strategy up to Nimzovich.
3. Why the lack of humility? What’s with an IM taking sides for and against ideas of GM’s? I think unless you had played at GM level you have no business presenting yourself as an expert who can decide which GM’s are right or wrong.
4. What’s with “rule independence” the main thesis of the book? So, the position and analysis that has been done on it (probably with a computer today) is more important than strategic rules. Well I think the ability to understand a position beyond rule application has probably always been key at GM level – there’s a reason why so few can get there. Does this help me, as an intermediate player, to learn though?
5. Is Nimzovich a decent starting point anyway? Some GM’s are very dismissive of “My System” – have a look at Kevin Sraggett GM’s book review on his web site.
While a ton of work has gone into this book, and I enjoy browsing from it, and can learn from it (as an intermediate player), I just don’t like the way Mr Watson presents himself as the expert who can summarize and provide the word to date on chess strategy. I think IM’s can and do write terrific books that teach us chess. But to summarize the state of all chess strategy knowledge? Come on! It would be like me writing a book on IM chess, which would be a total joke.
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aStoreMax – The Kings of New York: A Year Among the Geeks, Oddballs, and Genuises Who Make Up America’s Top HighSchool Chess Team September 2, 2008
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An award-winning sportswriter takes you inside a year with the nationโ€�s top high school chess team.
With strict admission standards and a progressive curriculum, Brooklynโ€�s Edward R. Murrow High School has long been one of New Yorkโ€�s public-education success stories, serving a diverse neighborhood of immigrants and minorities and ranking among the nationโ€�s best high schools. At Murrow, there are no sports teams, and the closest thing to jocks are found on the schoolโ€�s powerhouse chess team, which annually competes for the national championship.
In The Kings of New York sportswriter Michael Weinreb follows the members of the Murrow chess team through an entire season, from cash games in Washington Square Park to city and state tournaments to the SuperNationals in Nashville, where this eclectic bunch competes against private schoolers and suburbanites. Along the way, Weinreb brings to life a number of colorful characters: the Yale-educated calculus teacher (and former semipro hockey player) who guides the savants while struggling to find funding for his team; an aspiring rapper and tournament hustler who plays with cutthroat instinct; the teamโ€�s lone girl, a shy Ukrainian immigrant; the Puerto Rican teen from the rough neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant who plays an ingenious opening gambit named the Orangutan; and the Lithuanian immigrant and team star whose chess rating is climbing toward grandmaster status.
In the bestselling tradition of such books as Word Freak and Friday Night Lights, The Kings of New York is a riveting look inside the world of competitive chess and an inspiring profile of young genius.
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Summary: A collection of articles.
Comment: This book is easy to read. Unfortunately it reads more like a collection of articles than a narrative. I’d have loved a bit more depth on some members of the team. Also it seems near the end that he hadn’t given enough time before writing the epilogue. I’d love to know what happens to these kids 4 or 5 years later, not just the following year.
Another problem I had, was that many of the chess moves noted in the book were left with no illustration or very little description, while others, like the Orangutan were given the entire history of where the name comes from (an odd bit of chess lore in itself). Also as with any book about Chess, Bobby Fischer was discussed. In this case it just seemed like filler. It wasn’t related to the story and just served to show how “normal” these kids are in comparison.
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aStoreMax – How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom September 1, 2008
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How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom
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One of the most highly regarded strategists of our time teaches us how the tools that made him a world chess champion can make us more successful in business and in life.
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Garry Kasparov was the highest-rated chess player in the world for over twenty years and is widely considered the greatest player that ever lived. In How Life Imitates Chess Kasparov distills the lessons he learned over a lifetime as a Grandmaster to offer a primer on successful decision-making:ย how to evaluate opportunities, anticipate the future, devise winning strategies. He relates in a lively, original way all the fundamentals, from the nuts and bolts of strategy, evaluation, and preparation to the subtler, more human arts of developing a personal style and using memory, intuition, imagination and even fantasy. Kasparov takes us through the great matches of his career, including legendary duels against both man (Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov) and machine (IBM chess supercomputer Deep Blue), enhancing the lessons of his many experiences with examples from politics, literature, sports and military history.
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With candor, wisdom, and humor, Kasparov recounts his victories and his blunders, both from his years as a world-class competitor as well as his new life as a political leader in Russia. An inspiring book that combines unique strategic insight with personal memoir, How Life Imitates Chess is a glimpse inside the mind of one of todayโ€�s greatest and most innovative thinkers.
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aStoreMax – The Flanders Panel August 30, 2008
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A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in a corner: Who killed the knight? In the painting, the Duke of Flanders and his knight are locked in a game of chess, and a dark lady lurks mysteriously in the background. Julia is determined to solve the five-hundred-year-old murder, but as she begins to look for clues, several of her friends in the art world are brutally murdered in quick succession. Messages left with the bodies suggest a crucial connection between the chess game in the painting, the knight’s murder, the sordid underside of the contemporary art world, and the latest deaths. Just when all of the players in the mystery seem to be pawns themselves, events race toward a shocking conclusion. A thriller like no other, The Flanders Panel presents a tantalizing puzzle for any connoisseur of mystery, chess, art, and history.
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Summary: Loved it!
Comment: “The Flanders Panel” was the first Perez-Reverte book I read, and as soon as I finished it, I was ready for more! I found the setting of the story to be very believable as far as the art restoration and museum milieu. I liked the main character, Julia, and I was fascinated by the mystery inside a mystery of the painting. The writing is very atmospheric, you can almost feel and smell things as they are described. I’m not a chess player, so the details of the game that are part of the mystery were lost on me, but I didn’t feel as though I was missing the story because of it. After a lot of suspense is built, the conclusion is somewhat disappointing, the motive is weak, but I liked the story anyway.
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C H E S S B o o k s Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games Editorial Reviews: This giant collection, finally available in paperback, features enough chess challenges to keep even the most avid player occupied for a long, long time. The biggest book of chess problems ever published is now available in a paperback edition, featuring more than five thousand fully diagrammed problems, games, and end games for players at all levels. Chapters are organized by problem type, and each problem, combination, and game is keyed to an easy-to-follow solution at the back of the book, so usersโ€” whether they are beginners or highly accomplished playersโ€”can learn as they go. In all, this volume is a most extensive and thorough chess reference, sure to help hone skills while providing hours of fun. The more affordable paperback edition will give players at all levels reason to rejoice. Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5 Without a doubt, this is a very good book if you’re a normal person who’s never studied chess or has only begun playing. The basic checkmate patterns are reviewed over and over and over again – and eventually, I absolutely guarantee, your work in this book will lead to victories. Now if you are really just beginning, I think the book to start with is Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess followed immediately by Chess Fundamentals (Algebraic). Then I would have recommended Simple Checkmates, and there is still nothing at all wrong with that book. It is definitely easier to carry! But this book by Polgar is very nearly just as good, with the benefit of having kajillions of puzzles. Beyond that point, you just need to study tactics forever, and ever. I can never stop recommending The Art of Checkmate to anyone above 1200 and under, say, 1500 (which I have again fallen under), but it is probably good for even better players as well. Check Price and More Reviews C H E S S B o o k s Editorial Reviews: Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5 If you are brand new to chess and would like to learn the basics from one of the greatest players of all time, this book is for you. However, for those thinking this will provide a glimpse into the intriguing mind of Bobby Fischer, you will be sorely disappointed as this book goes no further than simple multi-move mating attacks with no content regarding strategy, tactics, or positional play. I rate this book poorly because the title is vague and misleading. Anyone in the chess world would expect a lesson from Bobby Fischer to be captivating in the least. This book would better be served by the name “Someone Other than Bobby Fischer Explains Very Basic Chess for Beginners”. C H E S S B o o k s Editorial Reviews: A Newbery Medal winnerโ€”now available in a Premium Edition. This brilliantly crafted, award-winning novel is an intriguing mystery that follows an eclectic group of characters as they struggle to be the first to solve the puzzle set forth Sam Westingโ€�s willโ€”and, most importantly, lay claim to the Westing fortune. The Premium Edition of The Westing Game will feature all-new bonus matter, as well as a stunning new cover and the distinctive new trim size. Plus, we will maintain the existing pagination for ease in classroom and book club use. Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5 Check Price and More Reviews C H E S S B o o k s Editorial Reviews: For decades, the chess world has run down the reputation of the Colle-Zukertort (a.k.a. The Rubinstein Attack) as an unassuming opening, claiming it did not exact the full measure of pain from Black in the quest to equalize. If such is the case, why do strong players (as Black) avoid the Zukertort? Instead they opt to play any of several pet defenses rather than deal with the constriction and onslaught of the main line. In Zuke ‘Em: The Colle-System Revolutionzed, Rudel explains the basics of the Zukertort and then provided plenty of new ideas to address these various pet defenses that cowardly opponents may choose. In this book you will also find: 1.Introductory chapters for those who would not know the Zukertort from a Lemon Torte. 2.Analysis in real English from the perspective of someone who has played the opening exclusively for over a decade. 3.A barrage of never-before-published answers and extensive commentary on common lines. 4.A training section to help you retain and test your understanding of the opening. Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
aStoreMax – Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games
August 29, 2008
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Summary: billions and billions
Comment: Well, there aren’t actually billions of puzzles here, but there might as well be.
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aStoreMax – Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
August 28, 2008
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Summary: Book Only for Beginner Chess – Nothing from Fischer Himself
Comment: Among Chess books, there are many that provide in depth analysis that will elevate players at any level. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess is not that book as it is specifically geared only to the beginning level player.
aStoreMax – The Westing Game
August 27, 2008
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Summary: Kids Review
Comment: When I bought this book, I didn’t know if I would like it. It was a great book. Just when you think you know what is going to happen in the story, the whole thing changes. It is a great mystery book and it is also a little funny. I recommend this book for kids but I think some adults would like it too.
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aStoreMax – Zuke ‘Em-The Colle Zukertort Revolutionized: A chess opening system for everyone, now bullet-proofed with new ideas
August 26, 2008
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Summary: Zuke the Anti Colle
Comment: David has done a good job on teaching this opening for those of us under 2000 level. He handles the missing link for the black bishop when it jumps out early to f5 or g4 as well. His writing style is clear and the presentation on page is easy to follow that makes this book enjoyable to learn from. More chess books should be written in this fashion. Nice job on Zuking the Anti-Colle and making the explanation of the Colle-Zukertort easy for a beginner to grasp as well. Five stars all around.
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