Fire on Board: Shirov's Best Games

Shirov, Alexei

ISBN 10: 1857441311 / ISBN 13: 9781857441314

Published by Cadogan Books, London, 1997

About this Item

Tall 8vo, 239 pp.

Seller Inventory # 069258

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fire on Board: Shirov's Best Games
• Publisher: Cadogan Books, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857441311
• ISBN 13: 9781857441314
• Binding: softcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sports & Games

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Synopsis

Alexei Shirov has dazzled and inspired a generation of chess fans with his unique brand of attacking chess. The Grandmaster, originally from Riga, Latvia, is widely regarded as one of the most aggressive and inventive chess players of the modern era, an argument backed up by his wealth of amazing games, rich in tactical fireworks and extraordinary moves. "Fire on Board" begins where the best-selling first edition left off in 1996. Shirov traces his progress at the top of the chess world since that year and presents a delightful collection of his favourite games, all explained in great detail to the reader. Shirov's best games, are unravelled and explained by the man himself. This is a compilation of violent, attacking and imaginative chess. It is written by one of the world's leading players.

About the Author

Since becoming a Grandmaster in 1990, Alexei Shirov has firmly established himself amongst the world's leading players and has a string of tournament victories to his name. Highlights of his career so far include a runners-up spot in the 2000 FIDE World Championship, plus an impressive match victory over the BGN World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. More recently, Shirov came outright first in the 2004 Sarajevo super-GM tournament, his winning margin over his nearest rival being an emphatic 1.5 points.