David Against Goliath: Secret Notes v. 2: 18 - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 3283004641 ISBN 13: 9783283004644

Publisher: EDITION OLMS AG, 2007

Synopsis

In this book, David Bronstein describes the chess personalities he has met in various countries over the past decade, and annotates 40 of his best games from this period. He also recalls the most significant events from his earlier career; gives his impressions of contemporaries such as Larsen, Spassky, and Korchnoi including a secret training match against the latter played in 1971; and expresses his outspoken views on modern chess.

About this title

About the Author:

David Bronstein has been playing chess for over 50 years at the top-level. He has proposed and introduced many new and original ideas. Ken Neat has translated and edited numerous Russian books for Everyman and its predecessors, Pergamon and Cadogan, has played chess at many levels including the British Championships Bronstein has also written the highly acclaimed Sorcerers Apprentice and Modern Chess Self-Tutor
Garry Kasparov spent twenty years as the world s #1 ranked chess player. In 2005, he retired from professional chess to lead the pro-democracy opposition against Vladimir Putin, from street protests to coalition building. In 2012, he was named chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, succeeding Vaclav Havel. He has been a contributing editor to the Wall Street Journal since 1991 and is a senior visiting fellow at the Oxford Martin School. His 2007 book, How Life Imitates Chess, has been published in twenty-six languages. He lives in self-imposed exile in New York with his wife Dasha and their children.

About this edition

• Publisher: EDITION OLMS AG
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 3283004641
• ISBN 13: 9783283004644
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1