Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces (Instructive Chess)

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Stohl, Igor

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Gambit Publications

Igor Stohl has selected 50 outstanding games from recent years and analyzed them in painstaking depth. Here he presents his findings to chess enthusiasts, who will find the games entertaining and the annotations both instructive and illuminating. Stohl is an outstanding theoretical expert, so the opening phase of each game reads like a lesson in the key strategic aspects of the opening played, with an up-to-date survey of current trends. The middlegame is dissected and the critical decisions subjected to scrutiny by an author who invites readers inside his laboratory to join him in his quest for the truth. The endgame phase, if reached, is handled with similar erudition, with insights into the grandmaster's approach to questions of technique.

Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces

Gambit

Garry Kasparov has dominated the chess world for more than twenty years. His dynamism and preparation have set an example that is followed by most ambitious players. Igor Stohl has selected 74 of Kasparov's best and most instructive games from 1973 to 1993, and annotated them in detail. The emphasis is on explaining the thoughts behind Kasparov's decisions, and the principles and concepts embodied by his moves. Stohl provides a wealth of fresh insights into these landmark games, together with many new analytical points. This makes the book outstanding study material for all chess enthusiasts. In 1985 Garry Kasparov became the youngest world chess champion in history by defeating Anatoly Karpov in an epic struggle. Twenty years later he was still world number 1, and is an internationally renowned figure, famous even among the non-chess-playing public following high-profile events such as his matches against IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer, and the Kasparov vs. World game in 1999.

Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games, Volume 1

Garry Kasparov has dominated the chess world for more than twenty years. His dynamism and preparation have set an example that is followed by most ambitious players. Igor Stohl has selected the best and most instructive games from Kasparov's later years, and annotated them in great detail. The emphasis is on explaining the thoughts behind Kasparov's decisions, and the principles and concepts embodied by his moves. Stohl provides a wealth of fresh insights into these landmark games, together with many new analytical points. This makes the book outstanding study material for all chess enthusiasts. Garry Kasparov was born in 1963, and burst onto the scene in the late 1970s with a series of astonishing results in Soviet and international events. In 1985 he became the youngest world champion in history by defeating Anatoly Karpov in an epic struggle. When he announced his retirement from professional chess twenty years later, he was still world number 1. Kasparov is an internationally renowned figure, famous even among the non-chess-playing public.

Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games volume 2

62 brilliant games involving the best players in the world, with notes by one of the top annotators. Igor Stohl has selected 62 outstanding games from recent years and analysed them in painstaking depth. Here he presents his findings to chess enthusiasts, who will find the games entertaining and the annotations both instructive and illuminating. Stohl is an outstanding theoretical expert, so the opening phase of each game reads like a lesson in the key strategic aspects of the opening chosen, with a critical survey of modern trends. The middlegame is dissected and the critical decisions subjected to keen scrutiny - we are invited inside Stohl's laboratory to join him in the quest for the truth. The endgame phase, if reached, is handled with similar erudition, with insights into the grandmaster's approach to questions of technique. Following each game there is a discussion of the most important lessons to be learned. The expanded and revised new edition of this award-winning work features 12 new top-level games from the period 2000-2007 annotated in great depth - about 40% new material. There are also corrections to the existing notes and a revised Introduction.

Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces - new enlarged edition

The best games by the greatest player of the modern era\nGarry Kasparov dominated the chess world for more than twenty years, and is without doubt the greatest modern player. His dynamic understanding of chess and his deep preparation have had a dramatic impact on the way chess is played, and set an example that is nowadays followed by most ambitious young players. Those who wish to emulate Kasparov’s success study his methods and above all his games.\nIn this book, the first of a major two-part project, award-winning chess writer Igor Stohl has selected 74 of Kasparov’s best and most instructive games, and annotated them in detail. The emphasis is on explaining the thought behind Kasparov’s decisions, and the principles and concepts embodied by his moves. Stohl has drawn upon a wide variety of sources, including Kasparov’s own annotations, and provided a wealth of fresh insights into these landmark games, together with many new analytical points.\nGarry Kasparov was born in 1963, and burst onto the scene in the late 1970s with a series of astonishing results in Soviet and international events. In 1985 he became the youngest world champion in history by defeating Anatoly Karpov in an epic struggle. Twenty years later he was still world number 1, and remains an internationally renowned figure, famous even among the non-chess-playing public following high-profile events such as his matches against IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer, and the Kasparov vs World game in 1999. 
74 of Kasparov’s greatest games from 1973 to 1993, annotated in detail, including: 
Kasparov - Polugaevsky,USSR Ch., Tbilisi 1978 
Kasparov - Petrosian,Bugojno 1982 
Korchnoi - Kasparov,Olympiad, Lucerne 1982 
Kasparov - Tal,USSR Team Ch., Moscow 1983 
Kasparov - Portisch,Niksic 1983 
Karpov - Kasparov,World Ch. match (game 16), Moscow 1985 
Kasparov - Karpov,World Ch. match (game 24), Seville 1987 
Kasparov - Ivanchuk,USSR Ch., Moscow 1988 
Kasparov - Salov,World Cup, Barcelona 1989 
Kasparov - Anand,Tilburg 1991 
Shirov - Kasparov,Dortmund 1992 
Short - Kasparov,PCA World Ch. match (game 8), London 1993\nIgor Stohl is a well-known grandmaster from Slovakia. He plays in several national leagues and is a noted opening theoretician. His thorough annotations frequently appear in Ceskoslovensky Sach, Informator and ChessBase Magazine. His previous book for Gambit, Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces, won the United States Chess Federation Cramer Award for Best Book.\n"[Stohl] often improves on Kasparov's past comments. It is one of this year's best books, and it could be a great help to Kasparov in preparation of his own works about his career." - GM Lubomir Kavalek, Washington Post\n"Stohl is an excellent annotator, and the games which he has included are both instructive and engaging, as are his comments. Indeed I would be surprised if any player below grandmaster level could work through this book and not emerge as a stronger and more versatile player." - IM Eddie Dearing, Weekend Chess\n"The renowned Slovakian author won the United States Chess Federation Cramer Award for Best Book when his earlier Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces was rightly judged to be of outstanding quality. Well, Stohl's superb new work is every bit as good" - GM Paul Motwani, The Scotsman\n"undoubtedly many years in the making. ... The result is a tremendous book that should inspire chessplayers everywhere." - IM John Donaldson, USA Team Captain

Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games Volume 1 (Chess World Champions)

The best games by the greatest player of the modern era\nGarry Kasparov dominated the chess world for more than twenty years, and is without doubt the greatest modern player. His dynamic understanding of chess and his deep preparation have had a dramatic impact on the way chess is played, and set an example that is nowadays followed by most ambitious young players. Those who wish to emulate Kasparov’s success study his methods and above all his games.\nIn this book, which completes a major two-part project covering the whole of Kasparov’s chess career, award-winning chess writer Igor Stohl has selected the best and most instructive games from Kasparov’s later years, and annotated them in great detail. The emphasis is on explaining the thought behind Kasparov’s decisions, and the principles and concepts embodied by his moves. Stohl has drawn upon a wide variety of sources, including Kasparov’s own annotations, and provided a wealth of fresh insights into these landmark games, together with many new analytical points.\nGarry Kasparov was born in 1963, and burst onto the scene in the late 1970s with a series of astonishing results in Soviet and international events. In 1985 he became the youngest world champion in history by defeating Anatoly Karpov in an epic struggle. When he announced his retirement from professional chess twenty years later, he was still world number 1. Kasparov is an internationally renowned figure, famous even among the non-chess-playing public following high-profile events such as his matches against IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer, and the Kasparov vs World game in 1999.\nKasparov’s greatest games from 1994 to 2005, annotated in detail, including: 
Kasparov - Ivanchuk, Linares 1994 
Kasparov - Shirov, Horgen 1994 
Gulko - Kasparov, Novgorod 1995 
Kasparov - Anand, World Ch. (10), New York 1995 
Yermolinsky - Kasparov, Wijk aan Zee 1999 
Kasparov - Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999 
Svidler - Kasparov, Linares 1999 
Kasparov - Short, Sarajevo 1999 
Kasparov - The World, Internet 1999 
Kasparov - Karpov, Linares 2001 
Morozevich - Kasparov, Astana 2001 
Kasparov - Kramnik, Astana 2001 
Kasparov - Ponomariov, Linares 2003 
Adams - Kasparov, Linares 2005\nIgor Stohl is a well-known grandmaster from Slovakia. He plays in several national leagues and is a noted opening theoretician. His thorough annotations frequently appear in Ceskoslovensky Sach, Informator and ChessBase Magazine. His first book for Gambit, Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces, won the United States Chess Federation Cramer Award for Best Book.\n"Congratulations to Gambit and to Igor Stohl for this masterpiece! ... an absolute milestone in the field of chessbooks ... sets new standards in the field of commentary and presentation of mastergames! Categorically a must-buy!" - Martin Rieger, freechess\n"If you want to give a chess gift to a special friend, no matter what her or his chess level is, then Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games, by Igor Stohl, is an excellent option." - Tamar Hammer\n"Igor Stohl has broken down Kasparov's play so we mortals can follow his games and the thinking of one of the greatest players to walk the earth." - Michael Stevenson, New Zealand Chess\n"With a good annotator I could understand Capablanca, Tal, or even Karpov, but the late Kasparov games were like abstract art explained in Chinese. For this reason I thought that the greatest challenge for Stohl would be to explain the games I did not understand. Stohl handles the challenge in a most impressive way" - Chessbug

Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games Volume 2 (Chess World Champions)

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