Garry Kasparov returns with the fourth installment of his acclaimed My Great Predecessors series, one of the most authoritative explorations into chess history ever written.
My Great Predecessors: Part 4 charts the rise of one of chess's greatest champions ever, the American, Bobby Fischer. It is now available exclusively as an interactively 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.
Fischer examined + his opponents
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 three parts of Kasparov's
definitive history of the World Chess Championship.
Kasparov, who is acclaimed as the greatest chessplayer ever, subjects the play of his predecessors to a rigorous analysis.
The Rise and Triumph of Bobby Fischer
In the period between 1955 and 1972 Fischer, more or less single-handedly, took on the might of the Soviet Chess Empire, and won. During this time Fischer scored astonishing successes the like of which had not been seen before. These included 11/11 in the 1963/64 US Championship and match victories (en route to the World Championship) by the score of 6-0 against two of the strongest players in the world, Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen. The climax of Fischer's campaign was his unforgettable match win in Reykjavik in 1972 against Boris Spassky.
In this course, a must for all serious chessplayers, Kasparov analyses deeply Fischer's greatest games and assesses the legacy of this great American genius.
Be the protagonist in chess history's greatest stories!
This unique Chessable edition adds a total of 587 trainable examples plucked from Kasparov's incisive commentary so you can ground your chess education by not just enjoying this timeless classic, but actively learning from it too.
Garry Kasparov 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.
Also check out:My Great Predecessors: Part 1My Great Predecessors: Part 2My Great Predecessors: Part 3
