{"product_id":"garry-kasparov-on-my-great-predecessors-part-1-9781857443301","title":"Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGarry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1\u003c\/strong\u003e by Kasparov, Garry. Hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781857443301.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators.\nThese magnificent compilations of chess form the basis of the first two parts of Garry Kasparovs definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Garry Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chessplayer ever, subjects the play of his predecessors to a rigorous analysis.\n\nPart one features the play of champions Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-1894), Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921), Jose Capablanca (1921-1927) and Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935 and 1937-1946).\n\nPart two features the play of champions Max Euwe (1935-1937) Mikhail Botvinnik (1946-1957, 1958-1961 and 1961-1963), Vassily Smyslov (1957-1958) and Mikhail Tal (1960-1961).\n\nThese books are more than just a compilation of the games of these champions. Kasparovs biographies place them in a fascinating historical, political and cultural context. Kasparov explains how each champion brought his own distinctive style to the chessboard and enriched the theory of the game with new ideas.\n\nAll these games have been thoroughly reassessed with the aid of modern software technology and the new light this sheds on these classic masterpieces is fascinating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Everyman Chess","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666173812789,"sku":"ByrdShop_1857443306","price":105.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781857443301_891d8ad1-3a59-4e7b-b6dc-5cb31e2812bf.jpg?v=1782469524","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/garry-kasparov-on-my-great-predecessors-part-1-9781857443301","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}