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

The best games by the greatest player of the modern eraGarry 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.In 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.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 following high-profile events such as his matches against IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer, and the Kasparov vs World game in 1999.Kasparov’s greatest games from 1994 to 2005, annotated in detail, including:Kasparov - Ivanchuk, Linares 1994Kasparov - Shirov, Horgen 1994Gulko - Kasparov, Novgorod 1995Kasparov - Anand, World Ch. (10), New York 1995Yermolinsky - Kasparov, Wijk aan Zee 1999Kasparov - Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999Svidler - Kasparov, Linares 1999Kasparov - Short, Sarajevo 1999Kasparov - The World, Internet 1999Kasparov - Karpov, Linares 2001Morozevich - Kasparov, Astana 2001Kasparov - Kramnik, Astana 2001Kasparov - Ponomariov, Linares 2003Adams - Kasparov, Linares 2005Igor 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."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"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"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"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 Read more