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Warriors of the Mind Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board
  
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Warriors of the Mind Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Raymond Keene (Author), Nathan Divinsky (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Batsford Ltd; illustrated edition edition (Feb 1989)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0951375709
  • ISBN-13: 978-0951375709
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,568,038 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This book sets out to offer an objective assessment of the 64 strongest chess players in history, based on statistical analyses of their performances. The book is based on a sophisticated computer analysis undertaken at the University of British Columbia. There are more than 80 illustrative games (with notes) as well as many extracts from other games.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Where's Alekhine?, 30 Oct 2005
This review is from: Warriors of the Mind: A Quest for the Supreme Genius of the Chess Board (Paperback)
Chess is a mind game, nothing more, nothing less. But it's the toughest kind of mind game and the object of this book is just that, to find the greatest of the masters of chess. I've always been a fan of illustrated books, frankly they make reading more interesting. In the case of ‘Warriors of the Mind’, this was all the more necessary. The authors have tried to explain the gaming scheme and the psyche of individual players as well as how far they are from their 'time', so to speak.

First published in 1989, most of this material is already dated and hence misses some of the great legends of today. This isn't a book that'll help your game spectacularly; it's just a book which tries to 'reason'. What I found particularly hard to deal with were the mathematical forumalas, which were anything but easy to understand and I don't think anyone other than a mathematician would be able to fully grasp them. Overall, the authors have tried to compare the technique, the strength of the opposition and of course the experience of the players. Other than that, it also gives you brief career sketches of the champions and discuses the type of game they played. Interesting to read, it handles the 'who’s the best player' question in the most comprehensive and definitive way possible. Alekhine’s absence was disappointing though, considering he was the only world champion to have actually died in possession of his title!

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5.0 out of 5 stars collection of the best games by the best chessplayers, 1 Dec 2002
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an attempt to rate the best chessplayers of history by reference to their games against each other. packed with great games-deep notes, results, statistics etc a feast for the committed chess enthusiast!
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5.0 out of 5 stars revising the entire cannon of chess, 1 Dec 2002
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this is a wonderful book-packed full of games, rsults, statistics and tournament tables. it is a chess education in itself. the games have easy to follow explanations and all of them are between the world's elite chessplayers.
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