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Judit Polgar Teaches Chess vols Art of Positional Play Reshevsky. Botvinnik-Smyslov Botvinnik. My library has over 60 chess books and I own about a dozen,with seven to still get to I also enjoy going over books of these types. I understand the positions and take it slow. My only concern probably common among chess enthusiasts is being able to remember all this stuff during games It probably sinks in on a subliminal level over time as you get experience At least I hope so Great post!
There are many you could add! There are three book on Simagin - but they are very difficult to get hold of. Also Averbach's two books - you would like his best games volume, as the notes are very much of the 'narrative' kind. The Keres collected games volume is what it is - a collection of all Keres' known games, with some rare photographs. There is a similar 2 volume work on Petrosian. Such books have their place too.
In my opinion the greatest of all tournament books is Barmen - again very hard to get hold of. One general collection to look out for - Belov et al 'Antology sic of Chess Beauty - it has informator style notes, but is a book that I use often. I agree about the Keres book. It is a nice book, just not what I was looking for. I will look into the other volumes you mention.
Is there a particular Simagin book you recommend in English? There is, but it is out of print. You might find a copy somewhere with an internet search. It is by Aidan Woodger, - sorry, on phone so can't check. Szabo's best games book is one that I recently recommend, and I believe you can still get copies - it is outstanding! One to mention is the Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess games, which is one of my most used reference works, and I know that Kamalakanta managed to get hold of one recently at a giveaway price.
Could rattle on for ever, but best go do more important things! The best collection of Kere's Games is the 2-volume set, with comments by Keres, and edited by John Nunn:. A new volume just came out with games by Geller, annotated by Geller! Excellent book! New in Chess. On Nimzowiotsch, the authoritative work seems to be "Aaron Nimzowitsch, On the Road to Chess Mastery, " probably a second volume coming up. It is an ancredibly rich book, both in biographical content and in the game annotations.
A classic! The Reshevsky paperback is falling apart but I really enjoy Reshevsky's notes. I will look for a book on Averbakh's games. Can you recommend anything on or by Kotov? For me, the quality and ease of following the annotations is probably the most important aspect, as I can find many of the games themselves online.
I will keep an eye out for the books. I will look into those. The games are well annotated, and the stories about each game are super-interesting! One of my favourites- great thread bro and a really amazing collection, thanks for sharing. His commentary is both in English and German. Before we follow his annotations we need to know what happened in the match and how the players saw this game. But he was also a suspicious man.
How had Smyslov responded so quickly to his opening moves? Someone must have leaked his preparation. His suspicion fell on Ilya Kan, his second. Ilia Kan Photo: Wikimedia. Kan was of course hurt and offended by this unjust imputation. For reasons of space I shall not write here on the Match that Botvinnik lost and Smyslov won Readers would find all the games in MegaBase. Botvinnik played better in the Return Match to regain the title.
Here is a game from that eventful encounter:. I have spent ages analysing this game and it has defied minds of both the great players and even engines. Here are some of my findings. Both Botvinnik and Smyslov were masters of the endgame. However, they were also human. Besides, they were playing under extraordinary tension.
This was a world championship match with very high stakes. Inevitably, there were imperceptible errors of omission and commission. Importantly, we have engines to assist us in re-examining these historical games. Here is one under the microscope:.
However, his admirers cheered his achievement:. Between them Kasparov and Karpov played 5 matches. The first match that started in was aborted. Kasparov won the second in dramatic circumstances. After 23 games he led by one point. So it was imperative for Karpov to win this last game. Here is what happened:.
Karpov and Kasparov played three more matches, , and Unfortunately, Karpov did not succeed in wresting the title from Kasparov. He came close to it in the Match. I actually came across this when our coach told us to give 5 games that featured the Sicilian Defense. This game is in fact so popular, it's been called "The best game of all time" and "Kasparov's masterpiece"!
Anyways here is the full game with annotations. Note, after some requests, I have decided to just show the whole game, and then go deep with the annotations and thoughts later. This was an overall, beautiful game by both sides, but frankly, in the end, Kasparov just outplayed Karpov. Karpov in the end had trouble keeping his king safe and supporting his back rank and Kasparov took advantage of that and demolished him with some beautiful attacks and moves. Before I move towards the end of this blog, I wanted to go over one of the moves that I had annotated in the main game:.
It's a very nice "Trap" found by Kasparov. A beautiful move and game indeed. Once we saw the kings get into safety, it was pretty clear that Kasparov was FAR ahead in the game in terms of development with 3 minor pieces developed compared to Karpov's 2. Kasparov vigorously attacked Karpov's pieces the whole time, especially in the end, where Kasparov's attacks to the back rank were too much for Karpov's to bear and ultimately led to his resignation.
Fun Fact: Kasparov ultimately edged out Karpov in the World Championship tournament getting 13 points to Karpov's 11 points. Had Karpov won, or at least gotten points, he would have kept his World Chess champion title as he had won back in
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