The sorcerers Apprentice. d. Bronstein

 I am thinking about buying this book as i am a huge fan of david bronstein.  There are two versions of the book available the original or an updated version. What is the difference?

Would you recommend the book ?

chrz.

I recently read Secret Notes by Bronstein and Voronkov (Edition Olms, 2007) and thoroughly enjoyed it. There is a lot of personal reminiscence as well as 30 annotated games.

http://www.chess.com/article/view/secret-notesbook-review

As for Sorcerer's Apprentice, it is a bag of jewels. The later (New In Chess, 2009) edition has a lot of additional material apparently. I found it good for dipping into - I probably wouldn't read it from beginning to end, as I did with Secret Notes (almost in one sitting).

http://www.chess.com/article/view/the-sorcerers-apprenticepart-i

I could almost not believe when I found today the German edition of the book in a second hand book shop for 6 Swiss Francs (this book is since years not available). Some people say that he book is very useful, compared to the Zürich 1953.

I was positively surprised to see that in his tips for beginners the author recommends 1.d4! I am since years telling my students (beginners) to try 1.d4, as it is a save move and it allows you to learn some useful strategical concepts.

However, Bronstein recommends 1.d4 2. Nf3 3.d3 and g3 Bg2 (Catalan), and I go for the QG. Bronstein’s recommendation makes a out of sense, as the Catalan is a system which can be used against almost all black setups (as far as I know).

I am looking forward to read the book!

Has theopenfile been here since 2012? Anyway:

"First published by Cadogan Books in 1995, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, featured 222 games along with twenty or so photographs, and it quickly became a modern chess classic. This new edition has 237 games along with more than 100 photographs, as well as offering a cleaner, more readable layout. …"

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708100135/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review695.pdf

I have the Olmos edition from 1997, 284 pages. Co author is Tom Fürstenberg.