Even chess legend Bobby Fischer occasionally lost matches, and his rare defeats offer valuable lessons for ordinary players. This intriguing collection, compiled by a noted chess master, features comprehensive text-and-diagram analyses of 61 of Fischer's losing games. Highlights include "the losing moment," the move at which each game was beyond saving.
Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy (Revised Edition) by Frank Brady Revealing biography chronicles the chess champion's brilliant play, controversial behavior, private life, and more. 90 games. 26 photographs. Diagrams.
Strategic Chess: Mastering the Closed Game by Edmar Mednis Grandmaster's expert guide probes significance of the opening and how its themes should be carried through the rest of the game. 30 games between Petrosian and Korchnoi, Karpov and Kasparov, others.
Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953 by David Bronstein All 210 games from the greatest tournament since World War II. Smyslov, Bronstein, Keres, Reshevsky, Petrosian, 10 others; perceptive annotations by Bronstein. Algebraic notation. 352 diagrams.
The Art of the Middle Game by Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov Two grandmasters offer masterly analysis of neglected area: attacking the king, defense, pawn structure, much more. Introduction by Harry Golombek.
Capablanca’s Best Chess Endings by Irving Chernev 60 complete games, annotated throughout but emphasizing endings that seem like long-contemplated works of art.
Better Chess for Average Players by Tim Harding Clear, straightforward guide covers fundamentals of attacking and positional play, the endgame, assessing positions and choosing moves, difficult positions, time-trouble, much more. 384 diagrams.
