Silman's chess odyssey : cracked grandmaster tales, legendary players, and instruction and musings / by International Master Jeremy Silman.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Siles Press,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xxiii, 549 pages ; black and white illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Cracked Grandmaster tales -- Legendary players -- Portraits and stories -- Musings, theory, instruction, and FAQs -- List of games.
Summary:
""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"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.