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MY GREAT PREDECESSORS - BY GARRY KASPAROV

A series of six volumes on the world chess champions and their rivals, by the world's greatest chess player, Garry Kasparov. Four volumes are available now (as at December 2004), with two volumes to come. Watch this space for further news...

Volume 1 • Volume 2 • Volume 3 • Volume 4 

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My Great Predecessors Part 4 by Garry Kasparov (Everyman, 2004)
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The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators. This is the fourth part of Garry Kasparov's definitive history of the World Chess Championship.
    This book brings together the two greatest names in the history of chess. The author, Garry Kasparov, is the current world number one and thought by many to be 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 like of which had not been seen before. These included 11/11 in the 1963/64 US 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 world championship match win in Reykjavik in 1972 against Boris Spassky.
   In this book, a must for all serious chessplayers, Kasparov analyses deeply Fischer's greatest games and assesses the legacy of this great American genius. • 448 PAGES, HARDCOVER • Read the February 2005 review.

My Great Predecessors Part 3 by Garry Kasparov (Everyman, 2004)
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The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators. This is the third part of Garry Kasparov's definitive history of the World Chess Championship.
    This magnificent compilation of play from the 1960s through to the 1970s forms the basis of the third part of Garry Kasparov 's long-awaited definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Garry Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chessplayer ever, subjects the play from this era to a rigorous analysis - the examination being enhanced by the use of the latest chess software. This volume features the play of champions Tigran Petrosian (champion 1963-1969) and Boris Spassky (champion 1969-1972).
    Kasparov's biographies place them in a fascinating historical, political and cultural context. Kasparov explains how each champion brought his own distinctive style to the chessboard and enriched the theory of the game with new ideas. All these games have been thoroughly reassessed with the aid of modern software technology and the new light this sheds on these classic masterpieces is fascinating • 332 PAGES, HARDCOVER • Read the November 2004 review.

My Great Predecessors Part 2 by Garry Kasparov (Everyman, 2003)
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The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators. This is the second part of Garry Kasparov's definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Himself regarded by many as the greatest chessplayer ever, Kasparov subjects the play of his predecessors to a rigorous analysis.
    Part two features the play of champions Max Euwe (1935-1937), Mikhail Botvinnik (1948-1957, 1958-1961 and 1961-1963), Vassily Smyslov (1957-1958) and Mikhail Tal (1960-1961).
    Kasparov's biographies place them in a fascinating historical, political and cultural context. Kasparov explains how each champion brought his own distinctive style to the chessboard and enriched the theory of the game with new ideas. All these games have been thoroughly reassessed with the aid of modern software technology and the new light this sheds on these classic masterpieces is fascinating.  Read the December 2003 review

My Great Predecessors Part 1 by Garry Kasparov (Everyman, 2003)
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The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators. This is the first part of Garry Kasparov's definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Himself regarded by many as the greatest chessplayer ever, Kasparov subjects the play of his predecessors to a rigorous analysis. Part one features the play of champions Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-1894), Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921), Jose Capablanca (1921-1927) and Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935 and 1937-1946). Kasparov's biographies place them in a fascinating historical, political and cultural context. Kasparov explains how each champion brought his own distinctive style to the chessboard and enriched the theory of the game with new ideas. All these games have been thoroughly reassessed with the aid of modern software technology and the new light this sheds on these classic masterpieces is fascinating.  Read the July 2003 review.
 

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