The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Centu...

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How does one determine the "best" chess games? What one may see as brilliant, another may see as simply necessary. Like some art lovers, chess fans claim that they know a good game when they see it, and that they know better from good. But "best"? How is this articulated? This book, itself a work of art, is brought together by the use of five criteria: the overall aesthetics (clever and relentless are insufficient qualities); the originality (e.g., not yet another white knight sacrifice in a Sicilian); the level of opposition (the loser played very well); the soundness (i.e., are the moves refutable with perfect play?), accuracy (few of the moves are second-best), and difficulty (the winner overcame major obstacles) of the game; and finally the overall breadth and depth (one wants a series of sparkling ideas, with no dry patches).
The 100 best games were taken from an initial field of about 7,000 played from 1900 through 1999 that had already gained some attention in magazines, books and periodicals. Three hundred games were then selected that appeared to have features consistent with the criteria. The 300 games were evaluated with scores--points given for each category of criteria. The games were then ranked, one to 100, by the score they received. No attempt was made to balance the selection according to period, nationality of players or opening. Also included is a chapter on the most overrated games of the twentieth century and one on games that would have made the list if...
Includes 335 diagrams, an index of players and an index of openings by ECO codes.

Über den Autor

Grandmaster Andrew Soltis, nine times champion of the Marshall Chess Club, New York Post editor and Chess Life columnist, is the author of dozens of chess books. He lives in New York City.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Introduction

The Most Overrated Games

Near Misses

THE 100 BEST

Bibliography

Subject Index

Index of Openings (ECO)

Index of Openings (Descriptive)

Index of Players

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2006
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Spielen & Raten
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786427413
ISBN-10:	0786427418
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Soltis, Andrew
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Andrew Soltis
Erscheinungsdatum:	21.02.2006
Gewicht:	0,518 kg