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"Chess champion Garry Kasparov wrote a bestselling series of books called My Great Predecessors, ascribing his victories to lessons learned from the games of earlier champions. Now, in a humorously titled “addition” to the series, Tibor Károlyi and Nick Aplin turn Kasparov’s chess wisdom on its head by analyzing 70 games he lost! Behind the good-natured humor is the important chess idea that every strategic or tactical principle has its exceptions, and the win often comes to the player who knows when standard procedure doesn’t apply. It’s a delightfully original commentary on modern chess theory, offering equal parts entertainment and instruction." --- Amazon.com
Chapter 1 is devoted to Karpov. In all the tournament games Karpov and Kasparov have played, there is only 1/2 point between these two great players.
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-David
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!)