The authors of chess books that most influence us
As I have commented on other occasions, more chess books have been written than the sum of all sports together. Why? I suppose that because they are sold. Now seriously, chess is so complex and inexhaustible that it allows many titles and authors to exist, however, among such diversity and plurality of voices it is sometimes difficult to separate the grain from the straw. That is why in this article I will tell you what for me are the most influential authors.
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Gary Kasparov
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Any biographical presentation of Kasparov is left over. As a player he has won absolutely everything with his unmistakable combative style, and even today, officially removed from the boards for 13 years, he continues to give war to the best players in the world in championships such as the Champions Showdown in the United States.
As an author of books he has not been an excessively prolific author, but he has exploited the less known facet of chess: the application of chess to the world of business, productivity and artificial intelligence.
From
a technical point of view, he wrote the exceptional series called My Great Predecessors (Amazon) in which he takes a tour of the history and games of
world champions.
It is easy to be impressed by Kasparov's wise mix between his undisputed number one status since 1985 and his passion for history. It is worthwhile to delve into his deep analysis of the world champions and the players who left a deep mark without achieving the throne.
The last book written by Kasparov is: Deep Thinking (Audible Audiobook free)
It is easy to be impressed by Kasparov's wise mix between his undisputed number one status since 1985 and his passion for history. It is worthwhile to delve into his deep analysis of the world champions and the players who left a deep mark without achieving the throne.
The last book written by Kasparov is: Deep Thinking (Audible Audiobook free)
View Kasparov's profile and books on Amazon
Jeremy Silman
Jeremy Silman is a multi-faceted man in our world: International chess master and world-class teacher, lecturer, writer and player who has won the United States Open, the National Open and the United States Open.
He is considered by many to be the most instructive writer or whose ideas are most feasible when putting them into practice. He is the author of thirty-nine chess books (many of which have been translated into French, German and Italian), including the 4th edition of How to Reassess Your Chess, Silman's Complete Endgame Course, The Amateur's Mind, The Complete Book of Chess Strategy and The Reassess Your Chess Workbook.
In addition to his books he has also written hundreds of articles for a variety of chess magazines and websites, a script that was acquired by LMK Productions, Inc., and Zen and the Art of Casino Gaming (co-author with Miron Stabinsky).
Jeremy helped create the chess scene in the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (See Harry Potter chess), and has also participated as a chess consultant on television shows such as Monk, Criminal Minds (twice), Malcolm and Arliss of HBO.
His chess website (www.jeremysilman.com) tries to respond to the eternal demand of the chess fan: «Which chess books are good and which are bad? Which books suit me and which do not? »The reviews of the site try to give an honest look to many of the most significant books of the past, and provides a much needed guidance for the avalanche of new books that come out every month.
He is considered by many to be the most instructive writer or whose ideas are most feasible when putting them into practice. He is the author of thirty-nine chess books (many of which have been translated into French, German and Italian), including the 4th edition of How to Reassess Your Chess, Silman's Complete Endgame Course, The Amateur's Mind, The Complete Book of Chess Strategy and The Reassess Your Chess Workbook.
In addition to his books he has also written hundreds of articles for a variety of chess magazines and websites, a script that was acquired by LMK Productions, Inc., and Zen and the Art of Casino Gaming (co-author with Miron Stabinsky).
Jeremy helped create the chess scene in the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (See Harry Potter chess), and has also participated as a chess consultant on television shows such as Monk, Criminal Minds (twice), Malcolm and Arliss of HBO.
His chess website (www.jeremysilman.com) tries to respond to the eternal demand of the chess fan: «Which chess books are good and which are bad? Which books suit me and which do not? »The reviews of the site try to give an honest look to many of the most significant books of the past, and provides a much needed guidance for the avalanche of new books that come out every month.
Mark Dvoretsky
Unfortunately Dvoretsky passed away. A sad news that all his followers fell like a jug of cold water, not only because of the enormous figure that disappeared from the chess scene, but because he was only 68 years old.
Dvoretsky, like Jeremy Silman, did not reach the title of Grand Master but did not need it. He became a class player and a coach known throughout the world.
Dvoretsky was born in Moscow in 1947. He became champion of Moscow in 1973, in 1973 he won the Moscow Championship and in 1974 he finished fifth in the Championship of the Soviet Union played in Leningrad. A year later, in 1975, he won the Wijk aan Zee B Tournament.
Dvoretsky was born in Moscow in 1947. He became champion of Moscow in 1973, in 1973 he won the Moscow Championship and in 1974 he finished fifth in the Championship of the Soviet Union played in Leningrad. A year later, in 1975, he won the Wijk aan Zee B Tournament.
At one point, near the GM title (at that time much more difficult to obtain than today) he decided to become a chess coach, and thanks to this decision some of his students became names more than known to everyone: Artur Yusupov (with whom he also wrote books), Alexey Dreev, Sergey Dolmatov, Nana Alexandria.
One of Dvoretsky's most famous book is the Finals Manual, which has already reached the fourth edition, and which is a book that any advanced player should read.
It is said that Kasparov, when he received this book, read it all, and surely knows its endings. One of the composers I love the most, Grigoriev, was also the source of exercises in the Endgame manual.
One of Dvoretsky's most famous book is the Finals Manual, which has already reached the fourth edition, and which is a book that any advanced player should read.
It is said that Kasparov, when he received this book, read it all, and surely knows its endings. One of the composers I love the most, Grigoriev, was also the source of exercises in the Endgame manual.
Jacob Aagaard
Jacob Aagaard (born July 31, 1973) is a great Scottish chess master born in Denmark and the British Chess Champion 2007. He is the third best ranked player in Scotland as of February 2018, with an Elo rating of 2481. In 2004, he won second place in the Scottish Chess Championship. In 2005, he won first place in the Scottish Championship, but was not a British citizen, so the title went to Craig Pritchett. In 2012 he won the title, the first time he played and was eligible to win it. He is also a chess author and in 2011 Aagaard was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer.
Aagaard is the only chess writer in the world to win the four main Book of the Year awards: English Chess Federation (2010), ChessCafe.com (2001), Chess Professional Association (2013) and the Committee's Boleslavsky Medal of coaches of FIDE (2012).
He is co-owner of Quality Chess.
Aagaard is the only chess writer in the world to win the four main Book of the Year awards: English Chess Federation (2010), ChessCafe.com (2001), Chess Professional Association (2013) and the Committee's Boleslavsky Medal of coaches of FIDE (2012).
He is co-owner of Quality Chess.
Murray Chadler
Murray Graham Chandler (born April 4, 1960 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand chess Grandmaster who acquired British citizenship in the early 1980s. He now represents England internationally.
Chandler "hit the key" when he published the book "How to win your Dad to chess", one of the best-selling chess books for children today, 20 years after it was written. From then on, the New Zealander specialized in publishing books for children, taking advantage of the pull of his first book.
Chandler "hit the key" when he published the book "How to win your Dad to chess", one of the best-selling chess books for children today, 20 years after it was written. From then on, the New Zealander specialized in publishing books for children, taking advantage of the pull of his first book.
From the competitive point of view, among the greatest results of Chandler are the Commonwealth Chess Championship in 1984, 1st in Brighton (1981), 1st in the 1990 Blackpool Zone, 1st in the 1979 Lloyds Bank Masters, 1st at the 1986/7 and 2nd Hastings International Chess Congress (behind Anatoly Karpov) in London (1984). He played for the Rest of the World team in the Russia match against the rest of the world against the USSR in London in 1984. He tied for first place in the 1986 British Chess Championship, but lost the tiebreaker match.
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Aleksandr Aleksándrovich Kotov
Aleksandr Aleksándrovich Kótov was born in Tula, Russia, on August 12, 1913 and died in Moscow, on January 8, 198, was a chess player and great Soviet teacher.
His family was working class. Little is known about Kótov's chess childhood and youth. He studied and graduated in engineering. In 1939, he moved and settled in Moscow.
In 1939 he obtained second place in the USSR championship, which also earned the title of Grand Master.
In 1948, he obtained the title of Soviet champion, tied with David Bronstein. In the same year, he ranks 4th in the Stockholm Interzonal, and obtains the right to play the Candidates Tournament.
In 1950 he obtained first place in the Venice Tournament ahead of Vasili Smyslov and in the Candidates Tournament he obtained 8.5 points in 18 games.
In 1952 in Saltsjobaden, again in the Interzonal, he obtained a score of 16.5 in 20 games, without losing any, being in first place ahead of Tigrán Petrosián and Mark Taimánov. In the subsequent Tournament of Candidates of Zurich (1953), he was the only player to win the champion of the same, Smyslov.
In 1952 and 1954, he played with the USSR in the chess Olympics.
In 1962 he obtained first place in Hastings tied with Svetozar Gligorić.
As a curiosity, it should be noted that Kotov may have changed the history of chess. In the Groningen Tournament of 1946. Max Euwe and Mikhail Botvínnik disputed the first place in the last round, and the winner of the tournament depended on the outcome of the Euwe-Kótov and Najdorf-Botvínnik games. Finally Kótov beat Euwe and Botvínnik won the tournament. Euwe was considered by many to be the moral successor of the world title vacated by Alekhine, and it was rumored that if he won the Tournament he would be awarded the title, but Kotov's victory made it possible that this was not so, and that Botvínnik won the title in the fivefold confrontation of The Hague.
Kotov was a positional chess player, who did not hesitate to declare that he admired Alekhine's ability for attack and combination. However, this does not mean that he did not know how to attack and make beautiful and effective combinations, as evidenced by the famous game played against Yuri Averbaj in the Zurich Candidates Tournament.
Kótov wrote several books on chess being considered an outstanding writer, and the one who has best known how to capture the mental production of the elite chess player, as well as his mistakes, surprising by the demonstration of states that have been recognized by all practitioners of the sport of any level, as they can be understood even by beginners.
Highlights among his books his famous trilogy, Think like a Great Teacher, Play like a Great Teacher and Train like a Great Teacher. These books are not dedicated to advise on the situation of the pieces on the board, nor do they go deep into the tactics and strategy of the game, but rather in the method of thinking that should be used during the game.
He also investigated the history of Soviet chess, about which he has a beautiful book.
Alekhine's confessed admirer, he studied his life and his chess production, and he donated a series of 4 volumes entitled Alexandre Alekhine's chess heritage, as well as the Alekhine book about his life and his best games.
His family was working class. Little is known about Kótov's chess childhood and youth. He studied and graduated in engineering. In 1939, he moved and settled in Moscow.
In 1939 he obtained second place in the USSR championship, which also earned the title of Grand Master.
In 1948, he obtained the title of Soviet champion, tied with David Bronstein. In the same year, he ranks 4th in the Stockholm Interzonal, and obtains the right to play the Candidates Tournament.
In 1950 he obtained first place in the Venice Tournament ahead of Vasili Smyslov and in the Candidates Tournament he obtained 8.5 points in 18 games.
In 1952 in Saltsjobaden, again in the Interzonal, he obtained a score of 16.5 in 20 games, without losing any, being in first place ahead of Tigrán Petrosián and Mark Taimánov. In the subsequent Tournament of Candidates of Zurich (1953), he was the only player to win the champion of the same, Smyslov.
In 1952 and 1954, he played with the USSR in the chess Olympics.
In 1962 he obtained first place in Hastings tied with Svetozar Gligorić.
As a curiosity, it should be noted that Kotov may have changed the history of chess. In the Groningen Tournament of 1946. Max Euwe and Mikhail Botvínnik disputed the first place in the last round, and the winner of the tournament depended on the outcome of the Euwe-Kótov and Najdorf-Botvínnik games. Finally Kótov beat Euwe and Botvínnik won the tournament. Euwe was considered by many to be the moral successor of the world title vacated by Alekhine, and it was rumored that if he won the Tournament he would be awarded the title, but Kotov's victory made it possible that this was not so, and that Botvínnik won the title in the fivefold confrontation of The Hague.
Kotov was a positional chess player, who did not hesitate to declare that he admired Alekhine's ability for attack and combination. However, this does not mean that he did not know how to attack and make beautiful and effective combinations, as evidenced by the famous game played against Yuri Averbaj in the Zurich Candidates Tournament.
Kótov wrote several books on chess being considered an outstanding writer, and the one who has best known how to capture the mental production of the elite chess player, as well as his mistakes, surprising by the demonstration of states that have been recognized by all practitioners of the sport of any level, as they can be understood even by beginners.
Highlights among his books his famous trilogy, Think like a Great Teacher, Play like a Great Teacher and Train like a Great Teacher. These books are not dedicated to advise on the situation of the pieces on the board, nor do they go deep into the tactics and strategy of the game, but rather in the method of thinking that should be used during the game.
He also investigated the history of Soviet chess, about which he has a beautiful book.
Alekhine's confessed admirer, he studied his life and his chess production, and he donated a series of 4 volumes entitled Alexandre Alekhine's chess heritage, as well as the Alekhine book about his life and his best games.
John Nunn
John Nunn has a privileged mind and you'll know why right away.
He is one of the best known chess players and authors in the world. At twelve he already showed his incredible talent winning the British Under-14 Championship. In 1970 he entered the University of Oxford at the early and unusual age of 15 years and in 1978 he achieved double success by obtaining a GM degree and a doctorate, with a thesis in algebraic topology.
In 1981, Nunn abandoned academic life for a career as a professional chess player. In 1984 he won three individual gold medals at Thessaloniki Olympiad, two for his 10/11 performance on board two for England and one for winning the problem-solving event held on a day off.
Nunn's most glorious years as a player were between 1988-91. In 1989 he qualified in the world top ten, and in the same year he finished sixth in the GMA World Cup series, which included practically all the best players in the world. He also won the famous Wijk aan Zee tournament in 1990 and 1991, to add a draw prior to first place in 1982.
But it was not until the 1980s when he began to become a reputed author. He has won the prestigious Book of the Year award of the British Chess Federation three times, and in 1997 (together with Murray Chandler and Graham Burgess) he founded Gambit Publications, which has a collection of more than 200 chess books.
In 2003 he retired as a player, but revitalized his old fondness for chess problems by winning the world championship and in 2004, 2007 and 2010.
I could recommend many of his books but I especially like to understand chess played by play.
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