- ISBN13: 9780486238005
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
All 210 games from the greatest tournament since World War II. Smyslov, Bronstein, Keres, Reshevsky, Petrosian, 10 others; perceptive annotations by Bronstein. Algebraic notation. 352 diagrams. First authoritative English translation from the Russian.
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This book is rather well written and fun to just read without playing over… Bronstein at the time was considered a top chess player… He even could of beat Botvinnik if not for politics and giving in to pressure and throwing a game… Yes even in this book he hints a bit about match fixes and the shady side of chess… How certain games he was going for a “Draw” and other little hints… Basically the real Iron Curtain exists in the Chess world… How once the Soviets got the title they did everything to keep it… Still it was nice they used to have tournies like this… The winner of this would challenge the world champion for it all… Unlike today where they have a sham of a FIDE KO… Then you have Kaspy and Kramnik one K short of their true colors… Last and not least the real World Champion Bobby Fischer… So unless chess goes back to a tourny such as Zurich 1953 it will continue to die… So it is nice to go back in time and read a book about chess… Not just chess but a tournament when the World Champion would play winner… Where there was more of a agreed upon champion… Some games he gives no coverage to since they deserve none… That is another great thing about this book… He does not waste time going over games that were not played… Or perhaps that he knows or realized were prearranged… Or more simply just games that the players took an easy and safe draw…
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Why only 4 stars, basically cuz of lack of opening coverage… Yeah you see all the ones played, I had to make my own index for openings… That was rather annoying, while at same time I learned something… So many of the games were Queen’s Gambit and almot all declined were lost or drawn for black… So that really made me think about how I play those sorts of games… Also of interest is there is least one game KIA is played in this tourny… I think a few Grunfeld games and other interesting things… So many Ruy Lopez games, where most I think ended in draws… That helped me decide to avoid using that opening cuz of high draw percentage… I think black might of won more than it lost also, Id have to check notes… Still that is really not important… Granted none of these players are Fischer, it was still a good field… Unlike lot of tournies today where you have dead weight or draw artists… Also that token girl thrown in with the guys… Still the older GM vs. younger female player tourny I think was interesting… I heard after 10 years it was canceled, thats really a shame… This book is priced so just about anyone can afford it… I think if you care about the mental part of chess… Whats going on in someone’s mind and other factors… Then you should pick this book up, just be ready to make own opening index
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5
Bronstein is, with Alekhine, one of the great annotators
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
The summary says it all. Entertaining, deeply instructive
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
The games are good and so is the analysis of the games. There are a few mistakes I found and typos. But this book needs to not be in Descriptive notation and be changed over to Algebraic Chess Notation which is used nowadays.
Amazon User Rating: 3 / 5
Excellent, chatty, entertaining annotations. In lucid prefaces, Bronstein explains the evolution of the philosophy underlying chess strategy. Captures the excitement of this iconic tournament, whilst being a great source of instruction for the ambitious learner who also enjoys the history of the game.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5