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WIshbringer
I've been reading Grandmaster Chess Strategy: What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces by Kaufeld and Kern (New In Chess, 2011). It contains 80 annotated games. Most common are games featuring the English Opening (24 games), Sicilian Defence (12 games), King's Indian Defence (9 games), and Catalan Opening (8 games).
These games are organized into 15 chapters by themes such as "playing against two weaknesses," "the bishop pair," "fighting against the hedgehog," and so forth. The authors strike a good balance between text explanations and specific variations in their comments. The games are current through about 2004.
My only quibble with this book is that emphasis is placed on Andersson's OTB play. In recent years, the Swedish grandmaster has focused on correspondance chess. I would love to see games included from this aspect of his career. I give this book 4 stars out of 5. (And, yes, there is one game versus Anatoly Karpov!)
suzettemy
Thanks for this Book Review. It sounds like a "must read" to me.
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