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Karpov's Strategic Wins Volume 1: The Making of a Champion 1961-1985
Tibor Karolyi
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Description for Karpov's Strategic Wins Volume 1: The Making of a Champion 1961-1985
Paperback. Num Pages: 455 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 806.
Anatoly Karpov is one of the greatest Chess World Champions with his prime strength the subtle maneuvering of positional play. Many of his opponents have been baffled by the profundity of his strategies, but here Karolyi explains Karpov’s genius:
Karpov's Strategic Wins features Karpov’s most entertaining and instructive strategic wins from 1961-1985 when Karpov proved he was a worthy successor to Bobby Fischer’s title
Product Details
Publisher
Quality Chess UK LLP
Number of pages
455
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
754g
Number of Pages
455
Place of Publication
Glasgow, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781906552411
SKU
V9781906552411
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Ref
99-50
About Tibor Karolyi
Tibor Karolyi is an International Master of chess from Budapest, Hungary. He was Hungarian Chess Champion in 1984 and is also an award-winning author and renowned chess coach. One of his previous books won the Guardian’s chess Book of the Year prize in 2007. Karolyi coached Peter Leko, a former World Championship challenger, during Leko’s teenage years when in the space of four years Leko improved from promising junior to grandmaster.
Reviews for Karpov's Strategic Wins Volume 1: The Making of a Champion 1961-1985
"Karolyi dissects Karpov's wins thoroughly and the books examine Karpov's career in detail. It was a colossal undertaking and Karolyi spent several years studying his protagonist. He delivers a fascinating account of Karpov's skills."
GM Lubomir Kavalek, full column at Huffington Post and ChessBase "Karpov's Strategic Wins 1 is a masterpiece! The explanations are written with clarity and precision, the depth of the analysis is incredible, the production is outstanding, and the game examples are as enlightening as they are entertaining. This deserves book of the year accolades. Do yourself a favor and buy it in hardcover, it's worth it! [6/6 stars]"
Brian Almeida, ChessCafe "The ability to easily follow his life, games, and stats makes for compelling reading… WOW! It's easy to see that lots of thought, planning, love, passion, and hard work were put into this magnificent book… Karpov's Strategic Wins 1 gets my highest recommendation if you enjoy going over master games, are a fan of Karpov, or wish to study high-level positional concepts through the use of Karpov's games. This is, quite simply, one of the finest game collections I've ever seen."
IM Jeremy Silman "I never seriously studied Karpov's earlier masterpieces. Whilst reading Karpov's Strategic Wins 1, written by Tibor Karolyi, I realized how much I had missed… Karpov himself has written several books on this period… and in my view Karolyi does a better job in presenting this material objectively (and with up-to-date analysis)… What Karolyi's book does show is that Karpov truly was one of the greatest of all time, and that his games will always serve as examples of superior strategical insight and technique. I can't wait to get my hands on the sequel."
Arne Moll, ChessVibes "This is the Karpov some of us remember best of all. The 1.e4 player who made the lives of French Defence and Sicilian fans a misery… This is the Karpov who was the magnificent champion, dominating tournament chess like no other, with his customary White wins and Black draws, and losses so rare they caused a sensation across the chess world."
Sean Marsh, Chess magazine "Not many managed to outplay their opponents in the cool and quiet way Karpov could; they tried, but Karpov was in a class of his own… Thus my joy at receiving in the mail ‘The Making of a Champion', a book with Karpov's strategic wins from 1961-85. Such a book has been sorely missing. There are lots of great things in this book. That the author Tibor Karolyi praises Karpov to the heavens is something you just have to accept!"
GM Simen Agdestein
GM Lubomir Kavalek, full column at Huffington Post and ChessBase "Karpov's Strategic Wins 1 is a masterpiece! The explanations are written with clarity and precision, the depth of the analysis is incredible, the production is outstanding, and the game examples are as enlightening as they are entertaining. This deserves book of the year accolades. Do yourself a favor and buy it in hardcover, it's worth it! [6/6 stars]"
Brian Almeida, ChessCafe "The ability to easily follow his life, games, and stats makes for compelling reading… WOW! It's easy to see that lots of thought, planning, love, passion, and hard work were put into this magnificent book… Karpov's Strategic Wins 1 gets my highest recommendation if you enjoy going over master games, are a fan of Karpov, or wish to study high-level positional concepts through the use of Karpov's games. This is, quite simply, one of the finest game collections I've ever seen."
IM Jeremy Silman "I never seriously studied Karpov's earlier masterpieces. Whilst reading Karpov's Strategic Wins 1, written by Tibor Karolyi, I realized how much I had missed… Karpov himself has written several books on this period… and in my view Karolyi does a better job in presenting this material objectively (and with up-to-date analysis)… What Karolyi's book does show is that Karpov truly was one of the greatest of all time, and that his games will always serve as examples of superior strategical insight and technique. I can't wait to get my hands on the sequel."
Arne Moll, ChessVibes "This is the Karpov some of us remember best of all. The 1.e4 player who made the lives of French Defence and Sicilian fans a misery… This is the Karpov who was the magnificent champion, dominating tournament chess like no other, with his customary White wins and Black draws, and losses so rare they caused a sensation across the chess world."
Sean Marsh, Chess magazine "Not many managed to outplay their opponents in the cool and quiet way Karpov could; they tried, but Karpov was in a class of his own… Thus my joy at receiving in the mail ‘The Making of a Champion', a book with Karpov's strategic wins from 1961-85. Such a book has been sorely missing. There are lots of great things in this book. That the author Tibor Karolyi praises Karpov to the heavens is something you just have to accept!"
GM Simen Agdestein