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| Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov |
And if that "oneself" is Garry Kasparov, what more could you ask for?
Once the entire series of this magnificent collection of chess books is published, Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov. In it, the greatest battles disputed by what is possibly the best chess player of all time are explained in detail.
All the games that appear in each of the three volumes of this series are analyzed by himself with great technical rigor. They describe Garry's meteoric beginning. From playing ten-year-old intense games, to those he played during the year of his retirement, 2005.
In the first volume, Kasparov analyzes the most fascinating encounters he played between 1973 and 1985
Kasparov had extraordinary talent. It was in his participation in a tournament at Banja Luka in 1979 that the world began to discover that talent. In that tournament, with just 15 years old, Kasparov swept, occupying the first position with 11.5 points out of 15 possible, with 2 points of advantage over his very strong rivals, players of the stature of Petrosian, Adorjan and Smekjal, among others. During the following decade, the gulf between Kasparov and the best chess players of the moment, turned each world tournament into a real spectacle.
The second volume contains his best performances between 1985 and 1993
Kasparov increased his level and his superiority over other players. His sharp style of attack made his games very attractive to the public. The games that appear in this volume are authentic works of art. These include three title defenses against Anatoly Karpov and various encounters against elite players of the time such as Timman, Miles, Hübner and Anderssen.
In the third and last volume of the collection, recently published, the last twelve years of his chess career are detailed. From 1993 until his retirement in 2005.
During these years, Kasparov gained experience and strength in his game, which was still as spectacular as ever. In this period he won his world championship matches against Short in London in 1993 and against Anand in New York in 1995. In London in 2000 he lost to Kramnik, thus ending his 15-year reign as world champion. However, despite losing the world champion crown, Kasparov continued to be number one in the world, dominating most of the elite tournaments he played. He ended his career with ten consecutive victories in important events such as Linares, Wijkaan Zee, Sarajevo and Astana.
Kasparov achieved an ELO of 2,851 points in 1999, a record he held until 2013.
