One of the most authoritative chess books ever written that charts the development of modern theory from its roots.
And now it is available as a readable and for the first time trainable (!) course on Chessable.The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large.
The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators.
Awaiting you is a wonderful collection of masterpieces, created by the best chessplayers in the world and studied under the microscope of the latest analytical computer programs; hence - a great number of amazing finds and discoveries.
I hope that this work will make it possible to see the colossal evolution of chess during the past one hundred and fifty years, which is fully comparable with scientific and technological progress.
- Garry Kasparov, in the Introduction
These magnificent compilations of chess form the basis of the first two parts of Kasparov's
definitive history of the World Chess Championship.
Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chessplayer ever, subjects the play of his predecessors to a rigorous analysis.
Part one features the play of champions Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-1894), Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921), José Capablanca (1921-1927) and Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935 and 1937-1946).
This unique Chessable edition adds a total of 772 trainable examples plucked from Kasparov's incisive commentary so you can ground your chess education by not just enjoying this timeless classic, but learning from it too.
Garry Kasparov is generally regarded as the greatest chess player ever. He was the thirteenth World Champion, holding the title between 1985 and 2000.
His tournament record is second to none, featuring numerous wins in the world's major events, often by substantial margins.
As well as his outstanding successes, Kasparov has constantly promoted the game; he has done more than anyone to popularize chess in modern times.
