Learn from the Grandmasters

by Raymond D. Keene

Book Overview

Each of the chess grandmasters featured in this new edition has selected two games for study: one that he has found instructive and one of his own. An excellent manual, reset in algebraic notation,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679130470
• ISBN13: 9780679130475
• Release Date: July 1975
• Publisher: David McKay Company
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fourteen grandmasters in one book

Fourteen grandmasters each contributed two annotated games for this book. The first annotated game had only one restriction: the annotator could NOT have won that game. Perhaps it was a game from a famous grandmaster the annotator studied as a youth; perhaps a game the annotator lost; perhaps it was a game with a beautiful finish. The annotators were left to their own rationale for including the first game. The second game had only one restriction: The annotator MUST have won that game. The book serves as an anthology. It's best viewed as an introduction to the annotating styles of the various authors. If an author annotates the games in a manner you like, look into buying any books that author wrote. Some annotators, like Mikhail Tal, Eduard Gufeld, Julian Hodgson, and Yasser Seirawan, generally give verbal annotations. Such annotations are helpful for the improving player. Others, such as Jan Timman, Mark Dvoretsky, and Jon Speelman, go heavy with the analysis. Bent Larsen, whose annotations are gloriously unclassifiable, deserves special thanks for his contribution to the book. I particularly liked the annotations of each of the above named players. The rest were competent. I was surprised by the ordinariness of Victor Korchnoi's annotations. Only one annotator, in my opinion, did a subpar job with his annotations. This is an amusing curio of a book which is recommended.

Truly a Chess Classic

This book is a clasic in the sense that top GM's M.Tal, V. Korchnoi, Y. Seirawan, J. Timman, B. Larsen and J. Speelman all take part and introduce they're all time favorite games with annotations! The book is very entertaining. I wouldn't recommend it as a studying book thogh since the annotations aren't very deep, but the games in themselves are very beautifal. A must for any serious chess enthusiast.