British Chess Federation Book of the Year 2003 - Short List
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Thursday September 4, 2003 9:51 AM
Ray Edwards reports: This has been a bumper year for chess
books; many which would have made the short list in previous years, including
excellent books on chess history and correspondence chess, have had to
be excluded. The short list is:
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Strategy in Action - by John Watson (Gambit, £19.99) •
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This book is a successor to Watson's best-selling Secrets of Modern
Chess Strategy, which won the Book of the Year award in 1999. In this
latest volume, Watson further develops and expands his ideas in Part 1,
and then in Part 2 analyses 35 contemporary games in depth, illustrating
the dynamic nature of modern chess.
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Play Against the Pieces - by Svetozar Gligoric (Batsford, £15.99)
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For many years after the Second World War, Gligoric was the leading European
player facing the array of Soviet Grandmasters. This volume is his autobiography,
with 130 of his best games arranged by openings. As the title indicates,
Gligoric concentrated on the board and not the opponent with the result
his best games are models of lucid and elegant play.
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Great Predecessors Part 1 - by Garry Kasparov (Everyman, £25.00)
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In his earlier career Garry Kasparov was an outstanding author, but in
recent years has written very little. However he has been working on a
history of chess which is now emerging as a trilogy covering the World
Champions and their major contemporaries. This first volume deals with
Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine. Outstanding in every way, Kasparov
is particularly good on the drama involved in the matches for the world
title.
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Miles: 'It's Only Me' - by Geoff Lawton (Batsford, £17.99) •
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The sudden death of Tony Miles prevented him from writing a collection
of his games. Geoff Lawton has stepped into the breach and compiled an
admirable collection of Tony's writings and best games. The book demonstrates
what a good player and entertaining writer he was. A worthy tribute!
R B Edwards, M Fox, J Toothill - 1 September 2003
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