"Compiling this book", writes Anatoly Karpov, "I had no small difficulty choosing the best 100 from more than 1000 wins."
It would of course be quite foolish to expect any degree of modesty from a man who contested about 300 tournaments, and won more than 160 of them. Who played no less than ten world championship matches.
My Best Games by Anatoly Karpov is an important new book, also because it is a book about a unique playing style by someone who has always stressed the importance of developing your own style.
"Compiling this book", writes Anatoly Karpov, "I had no small difficulty choosing the best 100 from more than 1000 wins."
It would of course be quite foolish to expect any degree of modesty from a man who contested about 300 tournaments, and won more than 160 of them. Who played no less than ten world championship matches.
My Best Games by Anatoly Karpov is an important new book, also because it is a book about a unique playing style by someone who has always stressed the importance of developing your own style.
