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classsic chess tournament with great games,
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This review is from: World Championship Candidates' Tournament - Switzerland 1953 (Paperback)
the 1953 candidates' tournament was won by vassily smyslov ahead of such greats as keres, bronstein, reshevsky, petrosian and former world champion max euwe. winning this tournament gave smyslov the right to challenge botvinnik for the world title.it is rare that one chess competition produces so many outstandingly brilliant games of both attack and defence. some of the classics played here include the famous queen sacrice in averbakh-kotov; euwe's sacrificial masterpieces against geller and najdorf; smyslov's defensive tour de force against keres where he allows the white rooks to rampage into his king's side; and the epic clash between reshevsky and bronstein -perhaps the most thematic king's indian defence against the g3 system ever played with the culmination of a delicate queen and opposite coloured bishop endgame. the author is barry wood, editor of chess magazine, eyewitness to the event and also known as chess columnist for the daily telegraph.his style is chatty , readable and because he was present thru'out the event, well informed. inevitably this reprint of a classic british work invites comparison with bronstein's russian book on the same event which has been translated into english.i think wood's account holds up very well in comparison.in particular he can be honest when it comes to criticising the soviet players for collusion-many years later bronstein admittd that the soviet political commissars who accompanied their players were terrified of reshevsky winning and tried to arrange some soviet results to eliminate this possibility - however at the time in his book bronstein mentions nothing about soviet cooperation-using their huge presence so as to engineer a team effect against rivals. wood - on the other hand-openly refers to-"unabashed consultation by the russian contingent-flagrant coaching from the sidelines-tips passed from one russian player to another during games.reshevsky was deprived of the benefit of a collaborative set up." hot stuff from wood and typical of his outspoken courage!remember wood was a chess profesional and the ussr dominated world chess in those days.
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This review is from: World Championship Candidates' Tournament - Switzerland 1953 (Paperback)
Vassily Smyslov is one of the greats of chess and this tournament victory is one of the greatest ever chess sporting performances. Facing a field which included such titans as Keres, Bronstein, Reshevsky and Petrosian, Smyslov shattered the oppposition and thus secured for himself the sole qualifying slot to face the great Botvinnik in a match for the world title. Combined with the companion Hardinge Simpole volume on the World Championship Candidates Tournament 1956 this book begins a record of staggering tournament expertise and determination by the immortal Smyslov.
Written by eye witness chess journalist Barry Wood, Member of the English Olympiad team, Chess Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and for many years Editor-in-chief of Chess Magazine..
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This review is from: World Championship Candidates' Tournament - Switzerland 1953 (Paperback)
Vassily Smyslov is one of the greats of chess and this tournament victory is one of the greatest ever chess sporting performances. Facing a field which included such titans as Keres, Bronstein, Reshevsky and Petrosian, Smyslov shattered the oppposition and thus secured for himself the sole qualifying slot to face the great Botvinnik in a match for the world title. Combined with the companion Hardinge Simpole volume on the World Championship Candidates Tournament 1956 this book begins a record of staggering tournament expertise and determination by the immortal Smyslov.
Written by eye witness chess journalist Barry Wood, Member of the English Olympiad team, Chess Correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and for many years Editor-in-chief of Chess Magazine.. |
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