David Bronstein
David Bronstein

Author: Nikolay Minev

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 0966188926

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Grandmaster David Bronstein was one the chess world's greatest creative forces. He played bold, competitive chess, and was undaunted by any opponent. He was an innovator who experimented even when the results mattered. This collection features 50 of his games in which victory comes in 24 moves or less. The games demonstrate the workings of a creative, ingenious mind, open to fantasy, imagination, and exploration of the unknown

Smyslov, Bronstein, Geller, Taimanov and Averbakh
Smyslov, Bronstein, Geller, Taimanov and Averbakh

Author: Andrew Soltis

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2022-02-24

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 147664053X

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A crucial decision spared chess Grandmaster David Bronstein almost certain death at the hands of the Nazis--one fateful move cost him the world championship. Russian champion Mark Taimanov was a touted as a hero of the Soviet state until his loss to Bobby Fischer all but ruined his life. Yefim Geller's dream of becoming world champion was crushed by a bad move against Fischer, his hated rival. Yuri Averbakh had no explanation how he became the world's oldest grandmaster, other than the quixotic nature of fate. Vasily Smyslov, the only one of the five to become world champion, would reign for just one year--fortune, he said, gave him pneumonia at the worst possible time. This book explores how fate played a capricious role in the lives of five of the greatest players in chess history.

What's the Best Move? Chess Quiz
What's the Best Move? Chess Quiz

Author: Larry Evans

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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Through the use of instructive quizzes, Evans teaches players to initiate moves, try out new ideas based on the objectives they are seeking in a specific game, and evaluate their progress and ingenuity along the way.