Thursday, July 23, 2015

(964) BUY THE BOOK (Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games Vol. 1) TBN- June 22, 2015



: FORMER MEN WORLD CHAMPION AND CURRENT WOMEN WORLD CHAMPION
                  The greatest chess player of all time, former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, standing, watching the game of current world women champion Hou Yifan of China during the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway where Palau was able to send an Open and Women team for the first time. 
                                                           (Photo by Eric Ksau Surangel Whipps)

                        BUY THE BOOK
             (Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games)
                                  Volume 1

   

                (July 22, 2005) --SLOVAKIAN Grandmaster Igor Stohl, the runner-up in the 1982 world junior championship, is a noted opening theoretician whose annotations frequently appear in Ceskoslovensky Sach, Informator and Chess Base Magazine. He is also the author of “Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces” (Gambit, 2001), which won the U. S. Chess Federation Cramer Award for best book.

                Recently, Gambit Publications announced the availability of Stohl’s latest opus, “Garry Kasparov’s Greatest Chess Games Volume 1.” The 320-page book cost $35. You can place your order through http://www.badbishop.com/gambit/index.html. The shipping cost for Northern Marianas is $7.

                Here’s what Chess Base says about the book: “It is very well produced. It’s a sturdy hardback which, for the most part, lies flat for easy reading; the layout is clear and easy to read. It’s an entertaining book and provides excellent coverage of the games of a player who is arguably the greatest of all time. Kasparov’s career up to 1993 is covered in this volume; let’s hope we don’t have too long to wait for the second volume, which deals with the remaining years.”

                During the 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway, Garry Kasparov is running for FIDE presidency against incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. One of his campaign strategies is giving away the 2nd volume of this book together with “Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess/ Part One/ Revolution in the 70s” to the prospective voters like Palau.

                When Joselito Marcos, Papua New Guinea’s official Delegate, saw the Volume 2, he asked Roberto Hernandez if he can have it as he doesn’t have it yet. Roberto willingly gave it to him and Joselito has one more request—he wants Roberto to approach Kasparov during the Olympiad games and have him sign it.
                During the 2010 World Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mantiysk, Russia, Joselito borrowed Roberto’s Chessmates Magazine given to him by USA and Philippine Chess Master Almario Marlon Bernardino in Sept. 2006, during the inaugural Palau Invitational Chess Championship. The cover of the magazine was Asia’s first GM “Eugene Torre: Athlete of the Millennium.” Joselito asked Eugene to sign it, which he did on Sept. 19, 2010. 

                When Roberto asked Garry Kasparov to sign that book in the middle round of the Olympiad, he gave Garry his card with his name also written in Russian. Garry have a good look at the card especially the “Palau Chess Federation – General Secretary and FIDE Instructor.” Roberto said to him, “We talked on the phone using Congressman Pichay’s cell phone in July 31, 2014 before our flight to Norway.”

                In their conversation on the phone, Garry said he will visit Palau with his family in December 2014. Roberto featured an article about his visit which didn’t happen.



              GARRY KASPAROV ON MODERN CHESS--PART ONE--REVOLUTION IN THE 70s

This book—the first in a brand new series—follows on from My Great Predecessors and sees chess legend Garry Kasparov reflecting on a pivotal time in chess history. Bobby Fischer’s spurt towards the chess summit (1970-1972) marked the approach of a new era affecting all aspects of the game and opening theory in particular. Fischer demonstrated the need for deep preparation with both colors, expanded the range of openings knowledge and laid the foundations for present-day professional chess.

                The leader of the new generation, Anatoly Karpov, fully reaped the benefits of the Fischer revolution by mastering the lessons of his great predecessor. Of the players of the older generation, only Viktor Korchnoi was able to achieve such a high level of professionalism.

                Alas, Fischer then left the chess stage. However, the tectonic shifts he had brought about led to the beginning of a genuine revolution in opening theory—a revolution that overturned traditional impressions about many typical positions. Between 1972 and 1975 alone, progress in the field of opening theory was more significant than in the entire preceding decade! Under Fischer’s influence, chess was radically regenerated—a process which then continued to accelerate. As a result, from the 1972 Fischer-Spassky world championship match to 1984 and the Kasparov-Karpov matches, the overall picture of chess openings changed almost beyond recognition.

                This fascinating book tells the story of this opening revolution. This story is told not only with the insight of Garry Kasparov, but also as seen through the eyes of the leading players who were at the forefront of the development of chess theory during those key years. The reader will witness at first- hand how rapidly and inexorably chess development approached the coming computer era.


                Solution to last week’s puzzle No. 3749: 1. Qxh6+!! Kxh6 2. Rh3+ Bh4 3. Rxh4 mate.


                This week’s puzzle No. 3750: White to move and mates in 3 (Solution next issue)


Source: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
             Tia Belau Newspaper
             Page 9
             Volume 24
             Issue 58
             June 22, 2015              


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