Harry Golombek

Modern Opening Chess Strategy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

All too often chess openings books consist of reams of variations and sub-variations and bracketed sub-sub-variations, with no apparent explanation for why a move is chosen or why one path deserves precedence over another. Golombek fought tenaciously against this denigration of his art, for he considered chess an art form. The Grandmaster Emeritus always sought to explain the ideas behind the moves and give the strategic justification for any course of action. For this reason alone Golombek's chief openings manual, reprinted here, will outlive the ephemera which largely characterise rival efforts to explain the entire gamut of openings available to the ambitious player. Armed with Golombek you will understand what you are doing -not just become a performing monkey which apes the movements of the masters!

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hardinge Simpole
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9781843821335
• ISBN-10: 1843821338
• Artikelnr.: 21989902

Autorenporträt

The author, Harry Golombek was a British chess grandmaster, chess arbiter, chess author, and wartime codebreaker. He was three times British chess champion, in 1947, 1949, and 1955. Golombek represented England nine times in chess Olympiads. He earned the title of International Master in 1950 and was awarded an Honorary Grandmaster title in 1985. He was the chess correspondent of The Times newspaper from 1945 to 1989. He was an official of the FIDE and served as Arbiter for several important events, including the Candidate's Tournament of 1959 in Yugoslavia, and the World Chess Championship match 1963. He was born 1 March 1911 and died 7 January 1995. He also wrote "Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess" ISBN 9784871875752