100 Master Games of Modern Chess

by Julius Du Mont and Savielly Tartakower

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486203174
• ISBN13: 9780486203171
• Release Date: January 1975
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 171 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Great sequel to 500 Master Games of Chess

This book, which is clearly a sequel to "500 Master Games of Chess" by the same authors, continues in the same fashion and examines great games from the 1930's through the 1950's. As in the earlier work, the games are sorted first by opening variation, and then in chronological order within each variation.In this way, these two books can be used as excellent reference material when one is attempting to learn a new opening. It is highly instructive to quickly review how the masters of the past interpreted your pet line before you plunge into more modern theory. (such as Modern Chess Openings or Nunn's Chess Openings).It is also instructive to note some of the early traps and pitfalls that the masters had to traverse - they did not have the benefit of today; knowing many of these traps in advance. They were blazing new trails and would sometimes trip on one of these pitfalls. It is very instructive to see how these errors were actually punished by the opponent, we don't get to see that side of the picture in most of the modern books.As with all Dover books, this one is a great value for the money. It is currently out of print. If you find one in a used bookstore - grab it and run! (after paying for it, of course).