BOOKS ABOUT WORLD CHAMPIONS

    Elista Diaries
    Mexico City 2007 World Chess Championship Matches
    Elista Diaries is the classic first-hand account of one of the most intensely fought World Chess Championship matches seen for decades. The World Champion and his chief trainer deeply annotate all of the games from the 1996 World Championship Match.
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    Elista Diaries

    Mexico City 2007 World Chess Championship Matches
    Catalog Code: B0026IS
    Our Price: $29.95

    Endgame Virtuoso Karpov
    His 100 Best Endgames!
    Anatoly Karpov's legendary endgame technique has always been something of an enigma. Karpov became worldchampion 1975 (having been preceded by Bobby Fischer). He managed to win positions which nearly everybody else estimated as a draw with his fine end game technique.
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    Endgame Virtuoso Karpov

    His 100 Best Endgames!
    Catalog Code: B0002NIC
    Our Price: $28.95

    Max Euwe - The Biography
    Including 50 Games with the Original Analysis by the Dutch World Champion
    This magnificent book, filling a gap in the literature of chess, shows that Euwes world title was the result of his iron will, his methodical drive and his energetic handling of all aspects of the game. Max Euwe has been called a genius of order and the chess logician. He wrote more than 70 books, many of which are still in print today.
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    Max Euwe - The Biography

    Including 50 Games with the Original Analysis by the Dutch World Champion
    Catalog Code: B0028NIC
    Our Price: $29.95

    Topalov vs. Kramnik - 2006 World Championship
    On the Edge in Elista
    Two world champions, in a class by themselves. The profound Russian World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, who had defeated the seemingly invincible Kasparov to take the "classical" world title in 2000. The brilliant Bulgarian Challenger Veselin Topalov, ranked No. 1 in the world, winner of the FIDE title in 2005. The immovable object versus the irresistible force.
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    Topalov vs. Kramnik - 2006 World Championship

    On the Edge in Elista
    Catalog Code: B0030RE
    Our Price: $29.95

    Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME I
    Revolution in the 1970s
    This book is the first in a brand new series that follows on from My Great Predecessors and sees chess legend Garry Kasparov reflecting on a pivotal time in chess history. Bobby Fischer's spurt towards the chess summit (1970-1972) marked the approach of a new era affecting all aspects of the game and opening theory in particular.
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    Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME I

    Revolution in the 1970s
    Catalog Code: B0137EM
    Our Price: $44.95

    Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - VOLUME III
    Petrosian and Spassky
    The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of the chess enthusiasts but of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators.

    This magnificent compilation of play from the 1960s through to the 1970s forms the basis of the third part of Garry Kasparov's long-awaited definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Garry Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chessplayer ever, subjects the play from this era to a rigorous analysis, the examination being enhanced by the use of the latest chess software.
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    Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - VOLUME III

    Petrosian and Spassky
    Catalog Code: B0134EM
    Our Price: $39.95

    Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - VOLUME II
    Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov and Tal
    The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles that have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators.
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    Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - VOLUME II

    Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov and Tal
    Catalog Code: B0133EM
    Our Price: $44.95

    Alexander Alekhine - Master of Attack
    What separated Alexander Alekhine from the rest of his contemporaries? Why did he dominate the chess world for so long? The main reason was undoubtedly his brilliant attacking style of play. Alekhine had a combinative gift and thrilled the chess public and influenced every great chess player since. Garry Kasparov once said I fell in love with the rich complexity of his ideas at the chessboard. Alekhine's attacks came suddenly, like destructive thunderstorms that erupted from a clear sky.
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    Alexander Alekhine - Master of Attack

    Catalog Code: B0222EM
    Our Price: $18.95

    Mikhail Tal - Tactical Genius
    Did you ever notice how some famous GM games are more interesting to play through than others? For instance, tell me you have a Tartakower or Nimzowitsch game and I'm sorry, but I just can't get that excited. But tell me you have a Fischer, Alekhine, or Tal game you want to show me and woo-hoo!, break out the milk and cookies because I know I'm in for a real treat! And Mikhail Tal: Tactical Genius by Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik is loaded with enough tasty treats to satisfy the most demanding of palates.
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    Mikhail Tal - Tactical Genius

    Catalog Code: B0224EM
    Our Price: $18.95

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