Champions of the New Millennium

The Best Possible Guide to Who is Who in the Chess Played Today and Tomorrow

Champions of the New Millennium
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Author: Lubomir Ftacnik and Danny Kopec and Walter Browne
Publication Date: October 1, 2008
Notation Type: FAN - Figurine
Page Count: 400 Pages


Publisher: Quality Chess
Author: Ftacnik, Kopec, Browne
Year of Publication: 2009

Pages: 400
Notation Type: Figurine (FAN)


Book DescriptionIn Champions of the New Millennium three accomplished authors present the eighteen best chess players in the world today. Each player is introduced with an illuminating profile, and then four of his or her finest games are explained in depth. These players are: The current top ten: Anand, Kramnik, Topalov, Morozevich, Svidler, Mamedyarov, Shirov, Leko, Ivanchuk, Aronian. The stars likely to dominate the next decade: Karjakin, Carlsen, Radjabov, Wang Yue, Ponomariov and Grischuk. The best female player ever, Judit Polgar. And finally, World Championship finalist and comeback kid, American star Gata Kamsky. Champions of the New Millennium is the ideal guide to who's who in modern chess.

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