<p>“Playing against him was always interesting: he was an exciting and creative player.” - Anatoly Karpov, 12th world champion Kupreichik: The Maestro from Minsk features tributes to the legendary attacker from those who regularly faced him at the board, including Alexander Beliavsky, Oleg Romanishin, Evgeny Sveshnikov and Vladimir Tukmakov. Kupreichik also inspired the next generation, as the contributions of Boris Gelfand, Garry Kasparov, Andrey Kovalev and Rauf Mamedov reveal. Our picture of Viktor Kupreichik is completed by a series of pen portraits from his family, which make clear the kind and principled man this hero of Belarusian chess was, as well as his love for the 64 squares. Translated by Ken Neat, this work is also a collection of Kupreichik’s best games, many annotated by the man himself. His wins over Tal and Zilbershtein are legendary examples of the power of a knight sacrifice on d5 in the Open Sicilian. Inside you will learn not just about handling Kupreichik’s favourite Classical Sicilian, Slav and King’s Indian, but attacking and sacrificial chess in general. Readers even have the chance to solve 26 positions and so play like Kupreichik! Viktor Kupreichik (1949-2017) was a leading Soviet Grandmaster in the 1970s and 1980s, famed for his attacking prowess. He twice won a staggering five games in a row at the super-strong USSR Championship. A former world student champion, Kupreichik won many tournaments, including the Masters section at Wijk aan Zee in 1977 and the Hastings Premier of 1981/82. with forewords by Anastasia Sorkina and Genna Sosonko</p>

The Life And Games Of a Legend Kupreichik The Maestro of Minsk

Ken Neat

London Chess Centre Publishing

The 1987 match for the World Championship was the fourth meeting between those two giants of the modern game, Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov.  In a fluctuating struggle, neither player was able to establish a decisive superiority and the contest culminated in a cliff-hanging finish, with the destination of the World Championship title hanging on the result of the very last game.The twenty-four games produced a number of opening innovations, hard-fought middle games, subtle endgames, and... blunders, showing that even World Champions are after all human.  Ken Neat, Cadogan's experienced Russian series adviser, has used a variety of Russian sources to produce this highly readable account of an absorbing match.

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The Life And Games Of a Legend Kupreichik The Maestro of Minsk

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