TITLE : Garry Kasparov (his career in chess)
AUTHOR : Mikhail Yudovich
PUBLISHER : Raduga Publishers, Moscow
YEAR : 1988
ISBN : 5-05-001722-X
GENRE : Chess
PAGES : 204 + 16 b/w photos
FORMAT : Scanned PDF with OCR, bookmarks & covers.
CONTENTS :
Chapter One. Heir to Alekhine and Botvinnik 7
Chapter Two. Tournaments of Hope 12
Chapter Three. Early Years and Old Hands 18
Chapter Four. Botvinnik's School 27
Chapter Five. The Road to Mastery 36
Chapter Six. The Record in Minsk 53
Chapter Seven. The Thirteenth World Champion 63
Chapter Eight. The Classics of Chess Are Eternal! 70
Chapter Nine. Top-Level Competitions 79
Chapter Ten. The Secrets of Opening Strategy 96
Chapter Eleven. "The Science of Winning" 114
Chapter Twelve. Kasparov's Masterpieces 126
Chapter Thirteen. Kasparov's Matches with Karpov in Moscow . . . . 150
Chapter Fourteen. Dress-Rehearsal 163
Chapter Fifteen. The Convincing Victory 169
Chapter Sixteen. From Leningrad to Seville 189
Kasparov's Tournament and Match Record . . . . 200
List of Opponents 202
Index to Openings 204
ABOUT THE BOOK :
Mikhail Yudovich (1912-1987) was an International
Master, an eminent theorist of chess and a popular
author. As a teache of chess, he brought up
many Grandmaster and Masters. During the last
ten years Yudovich had often met Garri
Kasparov, closely following his creative
development. The book tells how
Kasparov's chess career began, and
how children are taught chess in the USSR.
The author traces the stages of Kasparov's creative
g r o w t h — f r om children's competitions up
to his struggle for the World Chess Title,
Mikhail Yudovich has annotated about a
hundred best games of the youngest ever
World Champion. He has also used the
analyses of Kasparov himself and of other
prominent Soviet players.
The volume is furnished with a list of
Kasparov's opponents and an index to
openings; it is amply illustrated by
photographs, many of which are published
for the first time.
The PDF version is made by me & the DJVU version is downloaded from the net.
