7/6/2023 0 Comments Best chess player in the world![]() ![]() I think that Kasparov proved he was very much up to the task. Sure, there are a lot of historical chess books, but no one has ever tried scrutinizing the play of every single champion in such a detail and tried painting the complete picture of the overall chess history. There are many reasons why I put this series on the top of this list.įirst of all, Kasparov has embarked on a task no one else tried before him. In this series, Kasparov doesn’t write about his own life and games the series that follows take care of fulfilling that gap. Part Five – Viktor Korchnoi, Anatoly Karpov.Part Three – Tigran Petrosian, Boris Spassky.Part Two– Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal.Part One – Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Jose Raul Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine.The division of World Champions throughout the series is as follows: Kasparov has dedicated a greater/smaller number of pages to every World Champion, depending on the importance of the player and his corresponding heritage. Also, Kasparov acknowledges the greatness of Viktor Korchnoi and squeezes him between the World Champions.Īpart from World Champions and Korchnoi, the books also cover life and games of famous non-World Champion players, such as Paul Keres, Samuel Reshevsky, Reuben Fine, Bent Larsen, among others. ![]() The series consists of five books overall. In his series, On My Great Predecessors, Kasparov embarks on a monumental task of trying to make a complete overview of the chess history. Let’s kick off this post with very famous and celebrated series by the 13th World Champion and arguably the greatest player ever – Garry Kasparov. You will learn a lot about chess, about chess culture, about chess players, and about chess history in general. Since I have tried not to make it too long, I may have cut out some titles that could have been included.īut in any case, I firmly believe that you can hardly go wrong by selecting any of the books on this list. I have assembled a list of my favorite chess books written by World Champions.Īs every other list on this blog, this one is highly subjective. Therefore, I have decided to write this post, focusing on the very best of the very best. There was hardly a world champion that hasn’t written at least one book during his life. You see, in the past, when the world was much slower and chess much less developed, the task of spreading chess knowledge fell on the very best players in the world. However, there is a tested method of selecting chess books that have managed to endure the test of time and that guarantees at least a certain degree of quality. In other words, the quality control and assurance are non-existent. Since huge amounts of chess books are being published every day, there is simply no time to evaluate every single one of them properly. Willingness to work has thus become more important than an actual understanding of the game.Īnd even though I think that this availability of information has done wonders for chess, I also think there are some negative side effects connected to the hyper-productivity. Nearly anyone with a decent chess strength who is willing to put some time and effort can write a book. Therefore, it is no wonder that numerous books are published dedicated to a specific opening line. Due to the accessibility of information chess knowledge has become available to almost anyone. Also, in the modern chess, the opening stage is more important than ever before. Memorizing openings basically comes down to processing huge amounts of data. Nowadays, publishing a chess book has become easier than ever before. ![]()
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