Thinkers Publishing, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-94-9251-035-8, 280 Seiten, 2018.
Together with the Candidates: from Budapest 1950 until Berlin 2018 - Elite games, Tests and History
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First of all I have to say some words about two remarkable books. A very long time ago, when I was studying at primary school, I found on my dad's shelf the book by David Bronstein, The International Grandmasters Tournament. My grandfather had bought it for my father. I already knew how to play chess so I started to look at the games and read the comments. I liked the book a lot. It talked about the Candidates tournament in Zurich 1953. Generally there were several tournament books in my dad's library: books of championships of the USSR, Interzonals and simply great tournaments. But Bronstein's book contained unusual comments. The chess pieces seemed to be alive there with their own problems, hopes and plans. This original and talented book made the tournament itself wonderful for me. From that time on I have been convinced that the Candidates tournaments are the special ones!
The second book that I would like to mention here was bought for me by my dad a bit later. Written by twofamous Czech grandmasters, Hort and Jansa, it immediately became one of my favourite books. The book contained 230 tests from the authors' games and their bright, sometimes ironic comments. In one or two sentences the grandmasters talked about their thoughts and emotions before, during and after the games and even in the moment of decision-making there. It created the feeling of being in a dialogue with them. When I started to solve the tests I imagined myself being a grandmaster too and it was in my own game that the position happened so I had to play like Hort or Jansa or even better! This book impressed me very much! In the Russian version its title was Together with the Grandmasters…
The book Together with the Candidatesthat you are holding is firstly a book of tests with their solutions, given in the format of game fragments with detailed com-ments. All the tasks in this book have been taken from games of the Candidates competitions. They differ very much in their degree of complexity. I hope this will allow a wide circle of readers to find the tests corresponding to their own chess level here.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Chapter 1: Through the Pages of History 9
Chapter 2: Tests for Grandmasters 95
Chapter 3: When the Opponent Attacks 151
Chapter 4: Strategy in Action 197
Chapter 5: Kaleidoscope of Tasks 219
Chapter 6: The Primary School 251
Alexey Kuzmin was born in 1963, Moscow, Russia. He was the champion of the Central Chess Club of the USSR in 1985 and Moscow 1986. Having won the round-robin tournament in Managua 1987, he became an IM and earned his GM title in 1995. Alexey was the winner of a number of international competitions and so on he entered the top 100 of the world rating list. In 2004 he ended his active playing career.
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