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| Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part 2: Kasparov vs Karpov 1975-1985 (v. 2) | 
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Category: Book
Author: Garry Kasparov
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Studio: Everyman Chess
Manufacturer: Everyman Chess
Label: Everyman Chess
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 424
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7 x 1.4
ISBN: 1857444337
Dewey Decimal Number: 794
EAN: 9781857444339
ASIN: 1857444337
Publication Date: September 24, 2008
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Product Description
The history of sport has seen many great gladiatorial clashes: Ali v Frazier in boxing, McEnroe v Borg in tennis, Prost v Senna in motor racing. None however can quite compare to the intensity of the rivalry between those two great world chess champions: Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. Between 1984 and 1990 they contested an astonishing five World Championship matches consisting of 144 individual encounters. This volume concentrates on the first two of those matches. * The epic 1984/85 contest which was lasted six months before being controversially halted ?without result? by the then President of FIDE Florencio Campomanes. * The 1985 match when Kasparov brilliantly won the final game to take the title and become ? at the age of 22 ? the youngest ever world champion. Great chess contests have often had resonances extending beyond the 64 squares. The Fischer v Spassky match was played during the Cold War with both champions being perceived as the finest products of their respective ideologies. The Karpov v Korchnoi battles (three matches between 1974 and 1981) were lent an edge with Karpov being a Russian hero of the pre-Glasnost era whilst Korchnoi was the disaffected dissident. The Kasparov v Karpov encounters mirrored a battle between the new Russia and old Russia with Kasparov seen as a symbol of the new ideology emerging under Gorbachev whereas Karpov was seen to represent the old regime of die-hard Communists such as Brezhnev. In this volume Garry Kasparov (world champion between 1985 and 2000 and generally regarded as the greatest player ever) analyses in depth the clashes from 1984 and 1985, giving his opinions both on the political machinations surrounding the matches as well as the games themselves.
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 Good but not great December 28, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book from my point of view is interesting but far away to be a great book of chess. I mean you will find out the kasparov's true story, at least from his point of view which I consider quite reasonable to believe, but from the side of chess or learning chess by studing games of GM it is not so great as other I have read. Kasparov writes in each game hundreds of variants but forget to explain the reason of those variants (if he does it the explanations aren't too deep) ,what things he or Karpov were thinking to play that or other move and that is the important, at least what I was looking for. This last feature make a book of chess about GM's games a great book or an ordinary one. I watched kasparov analyzing games in My Story video series by Kasparov and it pleased me the way he assessed the games and the position so much that I decided to buy a book of him talking about games played by himself; seeking for something similar but it wasn't at all like I thought. Summarizing, this is not a bad book and you will get something good to improve your chess but there are others better that this one to try for that. From other point of view it is a quite good book even an interesting one to learn the battle history between Kasparov vs Karpov such as the side of the events outside of the board as inside.
A handy index of openings and index of games allows for easy reference October 9, 2008
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
The second book in the "Modern Chess" series by Garry Kasparov (the world champion of chess between 1985 and 2000 and commonly regarded as the greatest chess player of all time), Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part Two: Kasparov vs. Karpov 1975-1985 Including the 1st and 2nd Matches is an extensive, in-depth analysis of his 1984 and 1985 matches, including an epic contest that lasted six months before being halted "without result" and the 1985 match in which Kasparov became the youngest ever world champion. 76 chess games total are faithfully related in the volume, with helpful black-and-white diagrams; the game narration is interspersed with text concerning a broader perspective on the situation. A handy index of openings and index of games allows for easy reference in this meticulously detailed guide especially recommended for advanced chess players as well as anyone interested in chess history as shaped by the masters.
Chess of the Titans September 17, 2008
23 out of 25 found this review helpful
This book is amazing.
I enjoyed Kasparov's "Great Predessors" series, but didn't read any of them cover-to-cover. I found his "Revolutions in the 70s" to be interesting but not very useful and definitely not entertaining. But this book is a classic that I'll be re-reading in the coming years.
This is the book many of us have been waiting for Kasparov to write for years and years. No one else could have done it like this.
Kasparov gives all the details about his games against Karpov up to -and including- the famous first two World Championship matches. He discusses not only the moves and the ideas, but what was going on behind the scenes. It is a fascinating read and I found it more entertaining than anything Kasparov has written previously.
Warning: Kasparov is famous for his variation-heavy style of annotation that can make you dizzy. He will overwhelm readers with the depth and complexity of his ideas. But if you work through as much as you can (with the help of your computer, of course) you will learn a lot about chess, and about how the greatest player of our time approached the game. This is a collection of the highest level of chess, described by the highest-caliber of player.
But there's more! The book is more than just game annotations; it also has the drama and humanity of the matches included. It is obviously the best match book written by a participant since Tal's amazing "Tal-Botvinnik 1960".
If you want a fascinating chronicle of the what is probably the greatest chess rivalry of all-time, written by probably the greatest player of all-time, then order it. This is titanic chess brought down from Mt.Olympus for us mortals to ponder and enjoy.
Detailed analysis of the abandoned First match-duel along with the Second match with his nemesis Karpov September 8, 2008
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
The book covers the duels Kasparov had with Karpov starting from the pre-matches era, and then the First abandoned match and finally the Second match which crowned the youngest Champion in history. The book is a part of the ongoing series which promises to cover all the battles between Kasparov and Karpov.
The previous chess books in English namely Kasparov v/s Karpov by Mark Taimanov and Yuri Averbakh and The New World Champion by Kasparov exclusively covered the match that crowned Kasparov in detail while chess lovers were left waiting, with baited breath, for some informed analysis of the abandoned match. The wait is now over after two decades and all the First Match games are covered in detail.
Both rivals were engaged in bitter contests on board as well as off board. Kasparov in his The Unlimited Challenge and Karpov in Karpov on Karpov had their difference of opinions about their rivalry. In the Foreword there is a nice episode about Karpov wanting to visit the imprisoned Kasparov to show solidarity. Kasparov says that this one gesture outweighs all past negative factors. A case of Foe turned Friend.
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