Modern classic offers thorough, systematic analysis of the use of the queen, active king, exchanges, seven different uses of pawns, minority attack, dynamic elements, much more. Analyses of 129 great games featuring Capablanca, Alekhine, Lasker, Botvinnik, Reshevsky, Bronstein, Smyslov, Spassky, other masters. Indexes of games and openings. 298 diagrams.
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Botvinnik: 100 Selected Games by Mikhail Botvinnik World champion who dominated chess in the 1940s and '50s selects and annotates his own best games to 1946. 221 diagrams.
Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters by Fred Reinfeld Noted authority analyzes and annotates 50 games: Steinitz vs. Lasker (1889), Capablanca vs. Janowski (1918), Alekhine vs. Marshall (1927), Botvinnik vs. Tartakower (1936), many more.
Lasker’s Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker Combinations, position play, openings, end game, aesthetics of chess, philosophy of struggle, much more. Filled with analyzed games. 308 diagrams.
How to Beat Bobby Fischer by Edmar Mednis Examines the rare defeats of a legendary player. 61 losing battles hold valuable lessons for all players, and text-and-diagram analyses offer a fascinating look at strategy, tactics.
