Averbakh's Selected Games
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (520 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1857445481 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Well-annotated game collection by leading 50s player Dr. J. Sarfati The author rightly says 'this book should have been published at least a quarter of a century ago'. Yuri Averbakh (b. 1922) was probably one of the world's top dozen players in the 1950s. He qualified for the immensely strong Candidates tournament at Z�rich, 1953 (10th), and convinc. Outstanding collection of annotated games. Most (younger) players today don't even know who Averbakh is, at least as far as I can gather from a few conversations on-line with various chess players.Here is a player who competed in 15 Soviet Championship Tournaments in the span, 19Outstanding collection of annotated games. A.J. Goldsby I Most (younger) players today don't even know who Averbakh is, at least as far as I can gather from a few conversations on-line with various chess players.Here is a player who competed in 15 Soviet Championship Tournaments in the span, 1949-1969. (Something of a record.) He won the Premier Cham. 9-1969. (Something of a record.) He won the Premier Cham. "Exciting chess, great writing" according to A Customer. This is a beautiful book, and I find Averbakh to be a great writer. He explains things clearly in a manner that the intermediate player can understand, in a way that can help you improve. This book actually improved the way I analyzed games. And there are many great wins against the world's be
'. Players are guaranteed to be insipred by t hese classic games and detailed annotations. Russian grandmaster, Yuri Averbakh has selec ted the most interesting and instructive games from his weal th of experience
He finished in an extremely respectable 10th place in the famous Zurich Candidates' tournament of 1953. This informative and entertaining book includes descriptions of games against world champions, details of expertly played endgames, insights into successful training techniques, and explanations of Averbakh's contributions to opening theory. Here we see the artist at work, for he has selected the most interesting and instructive games from this wealth of experience. From the Back CoverYuri Averbakh is a distinguished Russian grandmaster who has enjoyed a long and varied career as a top-class player, endgame theoretician, judge of chess compositio