Kasparov: my great predecessors
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These are so far the best chess books I ever had, not for its accuracy, rather the organization and historical plots aligned by Kasparov in these books. I definitely recommend these.
That's a tough question brother, I have read the book 2 at Metropolitan Chess Club last year but I did not buy it, i believe it's still there. Probably because It did not contain what I'm looking for.If youre a collector and want to know the styles of the great masters then by all means buy it it's worth every penny. But if youre the tournament guy and want to know how to approach the game at least on level ground, study Bobby Fischer: And his approach to chess or My 60 Memorable games. You'll understand how Fischer tries to take the initiative in the opening, sets traps in the middle game and proceed with utmost determintation in a barren end game. If your not into Fischer then at least get a copy of Kasparov's Fighting chess. but then again it depends on what youre looking for.
These books will not teach you much, if anything at all. They are not meant to be used as chess improvement, but rather a historical progression of the game via many of its greatest players. However, this is done more so through the games themselves with extensive analysis. Personally I would have preferred more history on the players and places of their individual times. Less analysis, and greater emphasis on each style and how they used it to great affect. As for a purely learning mechanism I suggest almost anything else but this series.
I meant to buy this series of books some months ago but never did. Does anyone have these books? Would you recommend them? What sort of information could be obtained from the analysis, like, is there a concentration on openings, middlegames, endgames, or simply all three. Is it important to buy/read the first book of the series first!? ...and value for money??
Thats alot of question right? I know these books will improve my game and also prove an interesting read, but if you have read them im just looking for your thoughts having read them.