Duels of the Mind - Softcover

Keene, Raymond

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ISBN 10: 4871878635 ISBN 13: 9784871878630

Publisher: Ishi Press, 2009

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Everyone is fascinated by great games of chess: the spectacular sacrifices, profound strategic plans and brilliant endgame play produced in the heat of combat are powerful expressions of the creativity of the human mind. But which, of all the hundreds of candidates, are the very greatest games ever played? Here, in this book, is Grandmaster Raymond Keene's personal selection: twelve games, played by the giants of chess, each of them representing a peak in chess-playing genius. From the slashing attacks of Paul Morphy to the classical beauty of Jose Capablanca; from the python like constriction of Aron Nimzowitsch to the dynamic aggression of Gary Kasparov: all styles of chess are present, as are the great names of chess, including Steinitz, Lasker, Alekhine, Spassky and Fischer.

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Raymond Keene became a grandmaster in 1976, receiving an OBE for services to chess in 1985. He has written one hundred sixty books on chess and is chess correspondent of The Spectator and The Times, as well as being a regular presenter of chess on Thames Television. This book is based on the Thames TV Series 'Duels of the Mind', co-presented by Raymond Keene and international journalist and chess-lover Donald Woods.

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