Wydawca: Everyman Chess, 2018
Seria: The Masters
Ilość stron: 320
Autorzy: Alexander Raetsky, Maxim Chetverik
Język wydania: angielski
Format: 15.2x22.8cm
Oprawa: miękka
ISBN: 9781781944608
SPIS TREŚCI:
Alexander Alekhine:
05 Introduction
07 1 Alexander Alekhine: A Short Biography
20 2 Warming up
27 3 Moving On
46 4 Imagination in Attack
59 5 Further into the Maze
68 6 Chess Wizardry
73 7 Beating Alekhine
77 8 Endgame Brilliance
84 9 Alekhine Tips
95 10 Solutions to Puzzles
Boris Spassky:
05 Introduction
07 1. Boris Spassky: A Short Biography
21 2. Warming Up
28 3. A Greater Depth
38 4. It's Time to Calculate
49 5. Up Another Level
55 6. The Very Best of Spassky
58 7. Endgame Legacy
63 8. Retaliation
70 9. Missed Opportunities
73 Tips
85 Solutions to Puzzles
Mikhail Tal:
05 Introduction
07 1. Mikhail Tal: A Short Biography
18 2. Simple but Effective
24 3. Stepping Up
37 4. Getting There!
52 5. Tal's World of Magic
62 6. Chess Wizardry
66 7. Endgame Magic
74 8. A Tasting of his own Medicine
81 9. Tal Tips
95 10. Solutions to Puzzles
OPIS ORYGINALNY:
Three brilliant books from Everyman Chess brought together in one volume.
What separated Alexander Alekhine from the rest of his contemporaries? Why did he dominate the chess world for so long? The main reason was undoubtedly his brilliant attacking style of play. Alekhine had a combinative gift and thrilled the chess public and influenced every great chess player since. Garry Kasparov once said I fell in love with the rich complexity of his ideas at the chessboard. Alekhine's attacks came suddenly, like destructive thunderstorms that erupted from a clear sky.
Boris Spassky is a true chess legend, a World Champion who, thanks to his monumental battles with Bobby Fischer, raised the popularity of the game to a level that had never been seen before. Although at the height of his powers many saw Spassky as a complete and universal player, adept at outplaying his opponents in any type of position, itis no secret that from an early age he thrived on sharp, attacking play. He was a superb practical player, and with the initiative at his hands he could conjure up wonderful combinations and deadly attacks.
Mikhail Tal was simply a chess phenomenon. The magician from Riga stunned the chess world when he became the youngest ever World Champion (at that time) in 1960, and he won countless supporters for his scintillating tactical play and his infectious enthusiasm for the game. Tal's dazzling tactical style would often leave his hapless opponents in a state of shell shock. As former World Champion Vassily Smyslov once noted Tal's appearance in chess had the effect of an exploding bomb, since his style of play was distinguished by extraordinary combinative brilliance.