The Greatest Chess Kings

Lulu.com, Jun 8, 2014 - Games & Activities - 510 pages
This books covers the lives and selected chess games of the following players; George Koltanowski, Ruy Lopez de Segura, Wilhelm Steinitz, Paul Morphy, Emanuel Lasker, Jose Raul Capablanca, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, Carlsen Magnus, Kramnik, Vladimir, Aronian Levon, Radjabov Teimour, Karjakin Sergey, Anand Viswanathan, Topalov Veselin, Nakamura Hikaru, Mamedyarov Shakhriyar, Grischuk Alexander, Caruana Fabiano, Morozevich, Alexander, Ivanchuk Vassily, Svidler Peter, Leko Peter, Wang Hao, Kamsky Gata, Gelfand Boris, Gashimov Vugar, Jakovenko Dmitry, Maurice Ashley and Pontus Carlsson. 242 chess games of the current and past male chess players in the world. 8 fantastic games have been chosen from each of the modern chess Kings. The remaining 20 games are games that include previous and current male chess pioneers This book is full of history and an excellent book for studying openings, middle games, end games and solving problems.

Contents

Foreword
6
Introduction
7
Top 100 male chess players
10
The History of Blindfold Chess
13
George Koltanowski Blindfold Chess
14
Ruy López de Segura 15401580
22
Wilhelm Steinitz 18361900
26
Paul Morphy 18371884
35
Topalov Veselin
250
Nakamura Hikaru
267
Mamedyarov Shakhriyar
284
Grischuk Alexander
301
Caruana Fabiano
318
Morozevich Alexander
335
Ivanchuk Vassily
349
Svidler Peter
364

Emanuel Lasker 18681941
48
José Raúl Capablanca 18881942
68
Bobby Fischer 19432008
87
Garry Kasparov 1963
109
Anatoly Karpov
129
Carlsen Magnus
152
Kramnik Vladimir
169
Aronian Levon
187
Radjabov Teimour
201
Karjakin Sergey
217
Anand Viswanathan
231
Leko Peter
378
Wang Hao
393
Kamsky Gata
409
Gelfand Boris
426
Gashimov Vugar
440
Jakovenko Dmitry
453
Maurice Ashley 1st Black GM
468
Pontus Carlsson
481
Amon Simutowe 1st African GM
495
The end Sylvia Lovina Chidi
508
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