books about: hardinge     books:       The 'World Chess Championship 1948 (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)5 reviews Harry Golombek Hardinge Simpole, 2002 controversial championship botvinnik won the world championship in chess in 1948 but there were plenty of rumours that his main rival paul keres had thrown games to him. botvinnik was a staunch communist and the latter part of the championship was played in moscow-keres an esthonian had on the other hand played in tournaments in parts of nazi controlled europe during the war. harry golombek the author of this book was ...             Mikhail Tal's Best Games of Chess (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)3 reviews P. H. Clarke Hardinge Simpole, 2002 chess magician this book covers mikhail tals career up to the match in 1960 against botvinnik when he became world champion. there are wins in it against botvinnik smyslov fischer and keres-the notes are very full and read really well-the author has carefully researched russian sources and if tal misses a trick clarke spots it. the games- being tals- are mainly very brilliant-he was the supreme magician of the ...             Championship Chess (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)4 reviews Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik Hardinge Simpole, 2002 best tournament book ever written the ussr absolute championship 1941 was one of the strongest chess tournaments ever held-botvinnik smyslov and keres were in it for a start and the players all met each other 4 times so it became a titanic struggle.botvinnik wrote the notes to this book-having won the event-and they are truly magnificent.his analysis is amazingly deep and authoritative as befits a future world champion. it was ...             The World Chess Championship 1954 (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)4 reviews Harry Golombek Hardinge Simpole, 2002 start of an historic chess war for most of the 1950s the world chess championship was fought over between the two soviet grandmasters mikhail botvinnik and vasilly smyslov. their first match was drawn-smyslov won the second but botvinnik got his revenge a year later-1958-thus staying on as world champion. this book tells the story of their first match-botvinnik leapt into a 3 point lead and seemed on the point of annihilating ...             How to Beat Gary Kasparov3 reviews Raymond Keene Hardinge Simpole, 2002 even kasparov is human this is the book vladimir kramnik must have studied in order to beat kasparov in their 2000 world championship match. the author has collected a batch of kasparov's losses, annotated them deeply and tried to identify common themes and causes.             Modern Ideas in Chess4 reviews Richard Reti, Harry Golombek Hardinge Simpole Limited, 2002 Pure classic "Modern ideas in Chess" is a very short book - too short, I think, but I include it in my "Best Chess books" list. Far from being just a technical or tactical book (you have hundreds like these), it demonstrates the changing concepts of chess. As I see it, it's one of the most important books for advanced players (only!!) who want to understand the development of the game from the mid. 19th ...             Chess and Chess Masters (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)3 reviews Gideon Stahlberg Hardinge Simpole, 2002 elegantly written potted histories of great chess players this book is in descriptive notation and it was written half a century ago by a swedish grandmaster who was a candidate for the world championship.the names are well chosen-alekhine capablanca nimzowitsch botvinnik reshevsky-all players the author knew and often played against. the writer has been very well served by his translator grandmaster harry golombek probably the greatest stylist ever to ...             Modern Chess Brilliancies (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)4 reviews Larry Evans Hardinge Simpole Limited, 2002 authoritative comments by 5 times us champion larry evans -the grandmaster who assisted bobby fischer in writing his 60 memorable games - is a real authority on chess and in this book he annotates some of his favourite brilliancies. in modern chess writing too many notes are of the wordless symbolic type and in my opinion they completely fail to convey the drama and flavour of a chess battle. in contrast evans annotates every game as a ...             The Bobby Fischer I Knew And Other Stories3 reviews Arnold S. Denker, Larry Parr Hardinge Simpole Limited, 2003 Entertaining and informative The chess community is full of fascinating stories and anecdotes and every once in a while we are treated to entertaining and informative compilations of adventures on and off the chessboard. This year we have been treated to two exceptional volumes. The first, "The Bobby Fischer I knew and other stories" by Arnold Denker and Larry Parr contains over 300 pages of stories, photos and games from ...             The Soviet School of Chess (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)4 reviews A. Kotov, Y. Yudovich Hardinge Simpole, 2002 An excellent book This book is an interesting combination of both quality games and history. It traces the development of the soviet chess shool right from the times of petrov down to the big k`s. Has very interesting games from all the big soviet players like petrov,chigorin,botvinnik,tal,kasparov,karpov to mention a few. Makes an interesting commentary on their styles of play, tries to analyze their ...             The Chess Combination from Philidor to Karpov (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)2 reviews Raymond D. Keene Hardinge Simpole Limited, 2002 Very good for the average player. This book can help you understand what to seek on the chessboard and how to achieve it, using excellent paradigms of great chess-masters. The author's comments are easy to read and understand, and can make you really love this "game". There are games in there, you'll never forget about. The combination in chess is what we call "magic" in life. Excellent gift for young players.             The Celtic Church in Britain2 reviews Leslie Hardinge Teach Services Inc, 1995 Excellent and insightful It's rare that a historian will lay aside partisan, deeply held beliefs to render an accurate picture of early Christianity. Hardinge succeeds, inasmuch as the scant information on the Celtic church in Britain allows. One comment that struck me as particularly insightful was Hardinge's quote of a twelfth century Catholic biographer of an earlier Celtic saint. The biographer lamented that ...             The World Chess Championship 1963 (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)3 reviews Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik, Tigran Petrosian Hardinge Simpole, 2002 tigran petrosian wins the world chess championship petrosian beat botvinnik in moscow 1963 to become the 9th world chess champion. in this book international master bob wade annotates every game with great care and also takes into account the best soviet sources of information.for lovers of endings this book is a must-the fifth game -won by petrosian - is probably the most subtle endgame ever played in a world chess championship. i also very much ...             Delights Of Chess (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)2 reviews Assiac Hardinge Simpole Limited, 2003 Exceptional read!!! 5/5 I learned about the book through a friend who is an aspiring chess player. At first, I wasn't really interested but my friend gave me a little background info on the author so I decided to check it out. The author has written it in a very witty tone showing a lot of cleverness. It contains profiles of all the chess greats. The author doesn't bore you by going into a lot of detail so this book can ...             Capablanca's Hundred Best Games Of Chess: Masterpieces by the Mozart of the Chessboard2 reviews Harry Golombek Hardinge Simpole Limited, 2004 Games to learn from and enjoy José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942) is widely regarded as one of the all-time great chess players, and possibly the greatest natural chess genius in history. World champion from 1921-1927, he is the only player to have won the world title by defeating the incumbent in a match without losing a game. His games were the greatest influence on the modern great world champions Bobby Fischer and ...             Nigel Short: Best Games of a World Title Challenger3 reviews Raymond Keene Hardinge Simpole, 2002 best games by a british title challenger nigel short was a chess prodigy who swept through the ranks of experienced grandmasters including anatoly karpov and jan timman to take on garry kasparov in the 1993 world championship. against kasparov , short was outclassed but he held his own with all the rest and played some wonderful tactical games for example against yasser seirawan. this book is very useful indeed for players who like to ...             Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik (Hardinge Simpole chess classics)2 reviews Imre Konig Hardinge Simpole, 2002 review of chess technique the author an international master selects the most important openings and shows how chess has developed by analysing them. the conclusion that the queens gambit and ruy lopez are crucial was vindicated by the most recent world championship match between kasparov and kramnik.             Puritans and Roundheads3 reviews Jacqueline Eales Hardinge Simpole Limited, 2002 Essential masterpiece This enthralling masterpiece by established historian Dr. Jacqueline Eales concentrates on a defining period in English history. Eales focusses on a volatile time with the lead up to the English Civil War and with great depth of understanding brings alive the political, religious and idealogical conflicts of the time. By taking the Harley clan of Brampton Bryan as an example of one family who ...             The Brain Games World Championship 2000 (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics)2 reviews Raymond Keene, Don Morris Hardinge Simpole, 2002 Synopsis Grandmaster Ray Keene, chess impresario, broadcaster and writer, has been responsible for organising more world championship matches outside the USSR than any other person in the history of official contests. In 1986 he brought Kasparov and Karpov together and in 1993 Kasparov and Short. Finally, in 2000, after a five year gap with no world title match, Keene raised 2 million dollars to persuade ...             Chess Treasury of the Air2 reviews Hardinge Simpole, 2002 chess on the radio in the uk this book is the written record of a highly successful series of radio programmes about chess -broadcast in the uk. the book contains little known radio games played by fischer and tal as well as many articles of great general interest about chess .              search for books botwinnik, brilliancies, britain, capablanca, celtic, challenger, championship, chessboard, church, classics, combination, delights, fischer, hardinge, hundred, karpov, kasparov, masterpieces, masters, mikhail, modern, morphy, mozart, philidor, puritans, roundheads, school, simpole, stories, treasury books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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