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Mat et mots vous propose un large choix de livres consacrés aux échecs, essentiellement en français (Olibris, Payot, Grasset, Le Pion passé, etc.) et en anglais (Quality chess, New in chess, Russell, Mongoose Press, etc.).

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L'Odyssée des jeux d'échecs de Jean-Louis Cazaux
      Historien des jeux d'échecs de renommée mondiale, Jean-Louis Cazaux signe ici son ouvrage le plus abouti. En quête d'exhaustivité, il aborde aussi l'histoire du roi des jeux par un raisonnement analytique, rigoureux et efficace. Le lecteur est même invité à résoudre une enquête : retrouver le berceau originel des échecs, à l'aide d'indices historiques ou d'artéfacts archéologiques (certaines...
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      L'Odyssée des jeux d'échecs de Jean-Louis Cazaux
          Historien des jeux d'échecs de renommée mondiale, Jean-Louis Cazaux signe ici son ouvrage le plus abouti. En quête d'exhaustivité, il aborde aussi l'histoire du roi des jeux par un raisonnement analytique, rigoureux et efficace. Le lecteur est même invité à résoudre une enquête : retrouver le berceau originel des échecs, à l'aide d'indices historiques ou d'artéfacts archéologiques (certaines...
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          Candidates Tournament 2020 Part 1 Yekaterinburg de Vladimir Tukmakov
              The balanced flow of the normal chess calendar was unexpectedly interrupted by a frightening occurrence. Seemingly harmless at first, the coronavirus pandemic overtook more and newer countries by the day and gradually became pretty much the main, and only determining factor in life. The Candidates Tournament was threatened as well. Whether it would be held at all was pretty much in doubt...
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              Candidates Tournament 2020 Part 1 Yekaterinburg de Vladimir Tukmakov
                  The balanced flow of the normal chess calendar was unexpectedly interrupted by a frightening occurrence. Seemingly harmless at first, the coronavirus pandemic overtook more and newer countries by the day and gradually became pretty much the main, and only determining factor in life. The Candidates Tournament was threatened as well. Whether it would be held at all was pretty much in doubt...
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                  Match pour le titre de champion du monde: Steinitz vs Tchigorine vol.2 de Simon Boudey
                      "Après sa victoire en 1886 contre Johannes Zukertort, Wilhelm Steinitz va devoir faire face à Mikhail Tchigorine qui est alors le meilleur joueur de l'empire Russe. À l'instar du premier match, c'est une opposition de style, avec un jeu positionnel pour Steinitz, contre un jeu dynamique pour Tchigorine. Dans la même continuité que le premier volume, ce livre retrace...
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                      Match pour le titre de champion du monde: Steinitz vs Tchigorine vol.2 de Simon Boudey
                          "Après sa victoire en 1886 contre Johannes Zukertort, Wilhelm Steinitz va devoir faire face à Mikhail Tchigorine qui est alors le meilleur joueur de l'empire Russe. À l'instar du premier match, c'est une opposition de style, avec un jeu positionnel pour Steinitz, contre un jeu dynamique pour Tchigorine. Dans la même continuité que le premier volume, ce livre retrace...
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                          Match pour le titre de champion du monde d'échecs vol.1 de Simon Boudey
                              "Ce livre reprend les vint parties du Championnat du monde de 1886 entre Wilhelm Steinitz et Johannes Zukertort dans leur intégralité. Elles sont toutes analysées et commentées, le but étant de pouvoir fournir un matériel accessible et compréhensible pour un joueur de club. Les parties du Championnat du monde ont toujours été une source importante de connaissances et elles ont joué un...
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                              Match pour le titre de champion du monde d'échecs vol.1 de Simon Boudey
                                  "Ce livre reprend les vint parties du Championnat du monde de 1886 entre Wilhelm Steinitz et Johannes Zukertort dans leur intégralité. Elles sont toutes analysées et commentées, le but étant de pouvoir fournir un matériel accessible et compréhensible pour un joueur de club. Les parties du Championnat du monde ont toujours été une source importante de connaissances et elles ont joué un...
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                                  Vie et parties de Mikhaïl Tal vol.2 de Mikhaïl Tal
                                      "De tous les champions du monde, Mikhaïl Tal, "le magicien de Riga", fut le plus grand attaquant. Dans cette autobiographie, il retrace sa carrière extraordinaire avec charme et humour. De santé fragile, la vie de Tal sur le circuit échiquéen fut ponctuée par de fréquents séjours à l'hôpital à cause de problèmes rénaux chroniques. Cependant, aucun ennui de santé ne put jamais émousser...
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                                      Vie et parties de Mikhaïl Tal vol.2 de Mikhaïl Tal
                                          "De tous les champions du monde, Mikhaïl Tal, "le magicien de Riga", fut le plus grand attaquant. Dans cette autobiographie, il retrace sa carrière extraordinaire avec charme et humour. De santé fragile, la vie de Tal sur le circuit échiquéen fut ponctuée par de fréquents séjours à l'hôpital à cause de problèmes rénaux chroniques. Cependant, aucun ennui de santé ne put jamais émousser...
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                                          In the Zone de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                              "A winning streak in chess, says Cyrus Lakdawala, is a lot more than just the sum of its games. In this book he examines what it means when everything clicks, when champions become unstoppable and demolish opponents. What does it mean to be ‘in the zone’? What causes these sweeps, what sparks them and what keeps them going? And why did they come to an end? Lakdawala takes you on a...
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                                              In the Zone de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                  "A winning streak in chess, says Cyrus Lakdawala, is a lot more than just the sum of its games. In this book he examines what it means when everything clicks, when champions become unstoppable and demolish opponents. What does it mean to be ‘in the zone’? What causes these sweeps, what sparks them and what keeps them going? And why did they come to an end? Lakdawala takes you on a...
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                                                  Hein Donner de Alexander Münninghoff
                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                      "Hein Donner (1927-1988) was a Dutch Grandmaster and one the greatest writers on chess of all time. He was born into a prominent Calvinistic family of lawyers in The Hague. His father, who had been the Minister of Justice and later became President of the Dutch Supreme Court, detected a keen legal talent in his son. But Hein opted for a bohemian lifestyle as a chess professional and...
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                                                      Hein Donner de Alexander Münninghoff
                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                          "Hein Donner (1927-1988) was a Dutch Grandmaster and one the greatest writers on chess of all time. He was born into a prominent Calvinistic family of lawyers in The Hague. His father, who had been the Minister of Justice and later became President of the Dutch Supreme Court, detected a keen legal talent in his son. But Hein opted for a bohemian lifestyle as a chess professional and...
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                                                          Sultan Khan de Daniel King
                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                              "Hardly anyone paid attention when Sultan Khan arrived in London on April 26, 1929. A humble servant from a village in the Punjab, Khan had little formal education and barely spoke English. He had learned the rules of Western chess only three years earlier, yet within a few months he created a sensation by becoming the British Empire champion. 
 Sultan Khan was taken to England by Sir...
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                                                              Sultan Khan de Daniel King
                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                  "Hardly anyone paid attention when Sultan Khan arrived in London on April 26, 1929. A humble servant from a village in the Punjab, Khan had little formal education and barely spoke English. He had learned the rules of Western chess only three years earlier, yet within a few months he created a sensation by becoming the British Empire champion. 
 Sultan Khan was taken to England by Sir...
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                                                                  La folie Fischer de Christian Carisey
                                                                      Champion du monde d’échecs en 1972 contre Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer est le premier Américain à avoir remis en cause la suprématie des joueurs soviétiques. Pourtant, des années plus tard, le héros national devient un véritable pestiféré au point de se réjouir publiquement des attaques du 11 septembre 2001 contre les tours du World Trade Center. La folie Fischer retrace le...
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                                                                      La folie Fischer de Christian Carisey
                                                                          Champion du monde d’échecs en 1972 contre Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer est le premier Américain à avoir remis en cause la suprématie des joueurs soviétiques. Pourtant, des années plus tard, le héros national devient un véritable pestiféré au point de se réjouir publiquement des attaques du 11 septembre 2001 contre les tours du World Trade Center. La folie Fischer retrace le...
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                                                                          The Anand Files de Michiel Abeln
                                                                              "The Anand Files offers a detailed insight into the strategies Viswanathan Anand used to win three World Championship matches in a row. It takes the reader behind the scenes to show the inner workings of Team Anand, including pre-game planning and preparing opening novelties, some of which have yet to be used. Meticulously researched over several years, during which the...
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                                                                              The Anand Files de Michiel Abeln
                                                                                  "The Anand Files offers a detailed insight into the strategies Viswanathan Anand used to win three World Championship matches in a row. It takes the reader behind the scenes to show the inner workings of Team Anand, including pre-game planning and preparing opening novelties, some of which have yet to be used. Meticulously researched over several years, during which the...
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                                                                                  Soviet Outcast de Grigory Levenfish
                                                                                      "Grigory Levenfish was twice Soviet Champion and drew a match with the great Botvinnik, yet despite his skills, he was never a favoured son of the Soviet Union. Rejected for selection to key events and the only Soviet grandmaster to be denied a stipend in later life, Levenfish was a Soviet Outcast . Levenfish describes in vivid detail the atmosphere of pre- and...
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                                                                                      Soviet Outcast de Grigory Levenfish
                                                                                          "Grigory Levenfish was twice Soviet Champion and drew a match with the great Botvinnik, yet despite his skills, he was never a favoured son of the Soviet Union. Rejected for selection to key events and the only Soviet grandmaster to be denied a stipend in later life, Levenfish was a Soviet Outcast . Levenfish describes in vivid detail the atmosphere of pre- and...
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                                                                                          The Nemesis de Efim Geller
                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                              "Efim Geller (1925-1998) was one of the giants of Soviet chess. Over his lifetime he beat the World Champions more often than he lost, and had healthy plus scores over Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Botvinnik among others. So he deserves the nickname of The Nemesis . Geller never became World Champion but he won everything else – two Soviet titles, seven Olympiad team gold...
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                                                                                              The Nemesis de Efim Geller
                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                  "Efim Geller (1925-1998) was one of the giants of Soviet chess. Over his lifetime he beat the World Champions more often than he lost, and had healthy plus scores over Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Botvinnik among others. So he deserves the nickname of The Nemesis . Geller never became World Champion but he won everything else – two Soviet titles, seven Olympiad team gold...
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                                                                                                  The Science of Strategy de Alexander Kotov
                                                                                                      "Chess is a strategically deep game and it is no surprise that players often struggle to find the right strategy over the board. Computers may be able to show a good move in a position, but they can’t explain how it should fit into an overall plan. In The Science of Strategy , Alexander Kotov takes a methodical approach to this mysterious subject, breaking it down into...
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                                                                                                      The Science of Strategy de Alexander Kotov
                                                                                                          "Chess is a strategically deep game and it is no surprise that players often struggle to find the right strategy over the board. Computers may be able to show a good move in a position, but they can’t explain how it should fit into an overall plan. In The Science of Strategy , Alexander Kotov takes a methodical approach to this mysterious subject, breaking it down into...
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                                                                                                          Carlsen's Assault on the Throne de Vassilios Kotronias et Sotiris Logothetis
                                                                                                              "In 2013 chess returned to world headlines. The energetic Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen was front page news and his fans were not disappointed: the World Number 1 won the World Championship. Carlsen’s Assault on the Throne gives an inside view of Carlsen’s dramatic journey: from one of eight challengers in the London Candidates tournament, with the near disaster in the final...
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                                                                                                              Carlsen's Assault on the Throne de Vassilios Kotronias et Sotiris Logothetis
                                                                                                                  "In 2013 chess returned to world headlines. The energetic Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen was front page news and his fans were not disappointed: the World Number 1 won the World Championship. Carlsen’s Assault on the Throne gives an inside view of Carlsen’s dramatic journey: from one of eight challengers in the London Candidates tournament, with the near disaster in the final...
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                                                                                                                  Soviet Middlegame Technique de Peter Romanovksy
                                                                                                                      "Many of the classics of Soviet chess literature have struggled to see the light of day, but none more so than Soviet Middlegame Technique by Peter Romanovsky. The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet Champion. Romanovsky later decided to update and improve his work. As he finished his work in 1942, World War II was...
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                                                                                                                      Soviet Middlegame Technique de Peter Romanovksy
                                                                                                                          "Many of the classics of Soviet chess literature have struggled to see the light of day, but none more so than Soviet Middlegame Technique by Peter Romanovsky. The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet Champion. Romanovsky later decided to update and improve his work. As he finished his work in 1942, World War II was...
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                                                                                                                          Questions of Modern Chess Theory de Isaac Lipnitsky
                                                                                                                              "Questions of Modern Chess Theory is the lost masterpiece of Soviet chess literature. It was written by a 2-time Ukrainian Champion, and published in the Soviet Union in 1956. Russian experts say it is one of the most influential chess books of the 20th century, yet it was never published in English. Isaac Lipnitsky was a major player on the Soviet chess scene just...
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                                                                                                                              Questions of Modern Chess Theory de Isaac Lipnitsky
                                                                                                                                  "Questions of Modern Chess Theory is the lost masterpiece of Soviet chess literature. It was written by a 2-time Ukrainian Champion, and published in the Soviet Union in 1956. Russian experts say it is one of the most influential chess books of the 20th century, yet it was never published in English. Isaac Lipnitsky was a major player on the Soviet chess scene just...
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                                                                                                                                  Fin de partie de Frank Brady
                                                                                                                                      "Frank Brady a rencontré Bobby Fischer quand le jeune prodige n’avait que dix ans, en 1953. Venu couvrir le championnat d’échecs de Brooklyn, il ignorait qu’il allait rencontrer le plus grand joueur d’échecs de tous les temps, l’homme qui allait révolutionner ce jeu et transformer les champions en rock stars médiatisées. Doté de 181 points de QI, Fischer avait déjà lu, à l’âge...
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                                                                                                                                      Fin de partie de Frank Brady
                                                                                                                                          "Frank Brady a rencontré Bobby Fischer quand le jeune prodige n’avait que dix ans, en 1953. Venu couvrir le championnat d’échecs de Brooklyn, il ignorait qu’il allait rencontrer le plus grand joueur d’échecs de tous les temps, l’homme qui allait révolutionner ce jeu et transformer les champions en rock stars médiatisées. Doté de 181 points de QI, Fischer avait déjà lu, à l’âge...
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                                                                                                                                          Vie et parties de Mikhaïl Tal vol.1 de Mikhaïl Tal
                                                                                                                                              "De tous les champions du monde, Mikhaïl Tal, "le magicien de Riga", fut le plus grand attaquant. Dans cette autobiographie, il retrace sa carrière extraordinaire avec charme et humour. De santé fragile, la vie de Tal sur le circuit échiquéen fut ponctuée par de fréquents séjours à l'hôpital à cause de problèmes rénaux chroniques. Cependant, aucun ennui de santé ne put jamais émousser...
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                                                                                                                                              Vie et parties de Mikhaïl Tal vol.1 de Mikhaïl Tal
                                                                                                                                                  "De tous les champions du monde, Mikhaïl Tal, "le magicien de Riga", fut le plus grand attaquant. Dans cette autobiographie, il retrace sa carrière extraordinaire avec charme et humour. De santé fragile, la vie de Tal sur le circuit échiquéen fut ponctuée par de fréquents séjours à l'hôpital à cause de problèmes rénaux chroniques. Cependant, aucun ennui de santé ne put jamais émousser...
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                                                                                                                                                  Checkmate ! The Love Story of Mikhail Tal and Sally Landau de Sally Landau
                                                                                                                                                      "Sally’s breathtaking story, first published in Russia in 1998 and which has been reprinted multiple times, is a memoir of her time with Tal, with whom she remained friends long after they divorced right up until his death in 1992. Full of detail about Tal and their life together, it is a tale of triumph and tragedy, love, parenthood, sorrow, jealousy, betrayal and revenge. Colored by a...
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                                                                                                                                                      Checkmate ! The Love Story of Mikhail Tal and Sally Landau de Sally Landau
                                                                                                                                                          "Sally’s breathtaking story, first published in Russia in 1998 and which has been reprinted multiple times, is a memoir of her time with Tal, with whom she remained friends long after they divorced right up until his death in 1992. Full of detail about Tal and their life together, it is a tale of triumph and tragedy, love, parenthood, sorrow, jealousy, betrayal and revenge. Colored by a...
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                                                                                                                                                          Team Tal de Valentin Kirillov
                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                              "First published in Russian in 2016, this book of memoirs describes key events from Tal’s life, portrays his mentors and opponents, and reveals previously unknown facts and funny stories about the Magician of Riga. A real collectors’ item for all true Tal fans, it provides color on Janis Kruzkops, who was Tal’s first coach and who died tragically young, Tal’s mentor Alexander...
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                                                                                                                                                              Team Tal de Valentin Kirillov
                                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                  "First published in Russian in 2016, this book of memoirs describes key events from Tal’s life, portrays his mentors and opponents, and reveals previously unknown facts and funny stories about the Magician of Riga. A real collectors’ item for all true Tal fans, it provides color on Janis Kruzkops, who was Tal’s first coach and who died tragically young, Tal’s mentor Alexander...
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                                                                                                                                                                  Evil-Doer: Half a Century with Viktor Korchnoi de Genna Sosonko
                                                                                                                                                                      "Viktor Korchnoi was one of the leading grandmasters of the 20th century, coming within one game of winning the world championship in 1978. His battles with Karpov for the world crown were among the most important chess matches ever played. A man with a unique – and in many ways tragic – life and career, Korchnoi’s defection to the West in 1976 was a major event in Cold War politics. <br...
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                                                                                                                                                                      Evil-Doer: Half a Century with Viktor Korchnoi de Genna Sosonko
                                                                                                                                                                          "Viktor Korchnoi was one of the leading grandmasters of the 20th century, coming within one game of winning the world championship in 1978. His battles with Karpov for the world crown were among the most important chess matches ever played. A man with a unique – and in many ways tragic – life and career, Korchnoi’s defection to the West in 1976 was a major event in Cold War politics. <br...
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                                                                                                                                                                          Alekhine's Odessa Secrets de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                                                                                                              "Sergei Tkachenko has written a fascinating account of Alexander Alekhine’s time spent in Odessa during World War I, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, as well as of the impact of Odessa on his later life. Sergei, an Odessa native and ex-world chess composition champion, has carried out original research drawing from Odessa, Voronezh, Cheka and KGB archives among others, as well as local...
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                                                                                                                                                                              Alekhine's Odessa Secrets de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                                                                                                                  "Sergei Tkachenko has written a fascinating account of Alexander Alekhine’s time spent in Odessa during World War I, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, as well as of the impact of Odessa on his later life. Sergei, an Odessa native and ex-world chess composition champion, has carried out original research drawing from Odessa, Voronezh, Cheka and KGB archives among others, as well as local...
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                                                                                                                                                                                  Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move vol.1 de Alexander Nikitin
                                                                                                                                                                                      "In Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move Garry Kasparov’s long-term coach, second and mentor Alexander Nikitin tells the story of how he trained Kasparov from a brilliant but raw junior into becoming and then remaining the world champion. Volume I, the present work, covers the period 1973-1981, until Kasparov reached the age of 18. The author goes to great lengths to...
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                                                                                                                                                                                      Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move vol.1 de Alexander Nikitin
                                                                                                                                                                                          "In Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move Garry Kasparov’s long-term coach, second and mentor Alexander Nikitin tells the story of how he trained Kasparov from a brilliant but raw junior into becoming and then remaining the world champion. Volume I, the present work, covers the period 1973-1981, until Kasparov reached the age of 18. The author goes to great lengths to...
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                                                                                                                                                                                          Max Euwe de Alexander Münninghoff
                                                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                              "The fifth book of the World Chess Champions series focuses on the life and career of the Dutchman Max Euwe. This soft-spoken professor of mathematics rocked the chess world in 1935 when he defeated the seemingly irresistible force, Alexander Alekhine, to become world champion. Many chessplayers thought this was an upset of the first magnitude. Hardly. Euwe was at his prime and the best in...
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                                                                                                                                                                                              Max Euwe de Alexander Münninghoff
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                                  "The fifth book of the World Chess Champions series focuses on the life and career of the Dutchman Max Euwe. This soft-spoken professor of mathematics rocked the chess world in 1935 when he defeated the seemingly irresistible force, Alexander Alekhine, to become world champion. Many chessplayers thought this was an upset of the first magnitude. Hardly. Euwe was at his prime and the best in...
                                                                                                                                                                                                  27,25 €Prix