Duels of the Mind: Twelve Greatest Games of Chess by Raymond Keene
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Duels of the Mind
Summary
Published to tie-in with the Thames TV series, this book features 12 of the greatest games played in chess history. It provides the background to the games, and gives brief biographies of the players. Raymond Keene is a British Grandmaster, journalist and TV presenter.
Duels of the Mind Summary
Table of Contents
The Dawn of Tournament play - Anderssen-Kieseritsky (London 1851), the King's Gambit; Paul Morphy, the American Meteor - Paulsen-Morphy (New York 1857); the Fiend has offered his Queen - Zukertort-Blackburne (London 1883), Flank Openings: 1 c4 and 1 Nf3; a Champagne Victory - Steinitz-Tchigorin (Havana 1892), Ruy Lopez; Battle of Titans - Pillsbury-Lasker (St Petersburg 1896), the Queen's Gambit; the Thunderbolt - Bernstein-Capablanca (Moscow 1914); the Marshal's Baton - Bogolyubov-Alekhine (Hastings 1922); Paralysis - Samisch-Nimzowitsch (Copenhagen 1923), Indian Defences; Russian Revolution - Botvinnik-Capablanca (Rotterdam 1938); the Rampant Rook - Larsen-Spassky (Belgrade 1970); a Mozart Symphony - Fischer-Spassky (Reykjavik 1972); Star Wars - Karpov-Kasparov (Moscow 1985), the Sicilian Defence.
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GOR003954383
9780713467680
0713467681
Duels of the Mind: Twelve Greatest Games of Chess by Raymond Keene
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Batsford Ltd
19910505
196
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