- Paperback: 300 pages
- Publisher: Pergamon (28 Feb 1986)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0080341551
- ISBN-13: 978-0080341552
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 17 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 632,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book contains 87 of Kasparov's best games during 1978 - 1984, which he has re-evaluated. For anyone who has an interest in this World Champion this is an essential book.
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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22 July 1998
Format:Hardcover
When a great World Champion writes about his own games, read what he has to say! In the tradition of Fischer's My Sixty Memorable Games, Botvinnik's 100 Selected Games, Tal's The Life and Times of Mikhail Tal, and Alekhine's Best Games, The Test of Time gives one great insight into chess at the very highest levels. Unlike a lot of Garry's later work where he writes as though he doesn't want to give anything away to prospective opponents, this book is written as if his very life depended upon every word. The games are given with contemporary annotations and in many cases Kasparov revised them as he prepared the book for publication. The book covers the period from the mid-seventies when Garry was a teenage master through the candidates matches which led up to the first WC match with Karpov. There are a few games here that are worth the price of the book alone -- check out Kasparov - Portisch where Garry sacs two bishops and drives the Black Queen all over the board and e! ventually to checkmate. Unlike the books cited above, The Test of Time has not yet received its due, but surely will take its place among the classics.
5 of 10 people found the following review helpful
This is a tremendous book
16 April 2007
Format:Paperback
No, I'm not paying 70 bucks for this. As another reviewer mentioned, 70 bucks buys a lot of chess. 70 bucks would pretty much cover the cost of the three-volume set of Botvinnik's Best Games, which are annotated with Botvinnik's excellent and thoughtful analysis. This particular book is great, but somebody needs to produce a knock-off edition, because it's inexcusable to have this out of print. The Best Move, by Hort and Jansa, is another fabulous book that is out of print because the publisher went under but won't release copyrights to another publisher. It's incredibly irritating.
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