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01923aam a2200265Ii 4500 001 F6A55F8EF83911EC8BC2924D26ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220630010034 008 211028s2022 caua e 001 0deng 010 $a 2021052979 020 $a 1890085243 020 $a 9781890085247 035 $a (OCoLC)1285369674 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d LE# $d SILO 100 1 $a Silman, Jeremy, $e author. 245 10 $a Silman's chess odyssey : $b cracked grandmaster tales, legendary players, and instruction and musings / $c by International Master Jeremy Silman. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Los Angeles : $b Siles Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xxiii, 549 pages ; $b black and white illustrations ; $c 26 cm 500 $a Includes index. 505 0 $a Cracked Grandmaster tales -- Legendary players -- Portraits and stories -- Musings, theory, instruction, and FAQs -- List of games. 520 $a ""Silman's Chess Odyssey" is International Master Jeremy Silman's homage-part instruction, part history, part memoir-to the game he loves. The book opens with with behind-the-scenes tales of tournament life. Then it profiles the lives and careers of eleven legendary players-Adolf Anderssen, Ignatz Kolisch, Johannes Zukertort, Siegbert Tarrasch, Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Frank Marshall, Rudolf Spielmann, Alexander Alekhine, Salo Flohr, and Efim Geller-with the help of diagrams and analysis of over 275 games. After that it delves into accounts of criminals who were talented chess players, discusses a memorably odd series of games in a historic interzonal tournament, and memorializes some of Silman's friends in the chess world. It concludes with material on openings, imbalances, tactics, and psychology, and FAQs"-- $c Provided by publisher. 941 $a 1 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20220630010352.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F6A55F8EF83911EC8BC2924D26ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search