My Best
Games of Chess
by Vishy Anand
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My Best
Games of Chess |
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Vishy
Anand is the strongest chess player ever to come from India, and has been
amongst the top three players in the world since the mid-1990s. His
friendly, unpretentious personality makes him extremely popular with
chess-players around the world. This
book features Anand’s detailed and entertaining commentaries to 57 of
his best games, culminating with the victory over Shirov that clinched the
FIDE World Championship. Anand’s renowned ability to penetrate to the
heart of complex positions comes over supremely well in his notes, which
will amply repay careful study. Flowing
attacking masterpieces explained logically step-by-step Viswanathan
(Vishy) Anand comes from Chennai (Madras) in southern India. Having shot
to fame as a child, playing master-standard chess at lightning speed, he
became a grandmaster in 1987 after winning the World Junior Championship.
At the age of 22 he established himself among the world’s elite by
winning the 1991/2 Reggio Emilia tournament ahead of Kasparov and Karpov,
defeating both in their individual games. In 1995 he challenged Garry
Kasparov for the world championship in New York, and although Kasparov won
in the end, it was a tough fight, with Anand leading after nine games. In
2000 he achieved his greatest successes to date, winning both the FIDE
World Cup and the FIDE World Championship. Euro 26.50
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