World Chess Championship: Carlsen v. Karjakin - Softcover

Alburt, Lev; Crumiller, Jon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1889323292 ISBN 13: 9781889323299

Publisher: Chess Information & Research Institute, 2017

Synopsis

Learn chess from the best by studying the games of the latest world championship! The dramatic 2016 match defied all predictions. A top team of authors explains the strategies.

The dramatic 2016 World Championship match in New York City stunned the chess world, as Sergey Karjakin fought champ Magnus Carlsen to a tie until matters had to be settled in a rapid-play shootout. You’ll learn chess tactics and strategies from the best players in the world, as a top team of writers―including a former world champion--explains the moves. 300 Illustrations, 105 Color Photographs

About this title

About the Author

International Grandmaster Lev Alburt, three-time U.S. champion and former European champion, is one of the most sought-after chess teachers in the world. He lives in New York.

Jon Crumiller, of Princeton, N.J., is a national master and expert in computer chess analysis.

Review

“The tradition of producing books on World Championship matches goes way back in time. Many have been written, some published shortly after the last handshake of the match, a few were immediately forgettable, others have become classics, including Tal-Botvinnik 1960 by Mikhail Tal which is still in print. In fact my first "own" (not passed to me by my dad) chess book, was the one on the 1978 match. Do books on World Championship matches still have a place in today's world? After all, with top commentary online and instant analysis by dozens, if not hundreds of experts it might seem unnecessary, especially when such a book might only appear a year or more after the match. Yet, in the case of the present book, I most definitely feel it was worth the wait as it makes for excellent reading. Not only were the authors present throughout the match, but former world champion Vladimir Kramnik has also made a significant input of both analytical and psychological material. This makes the book so much more valuable than the average contribution to the category of tournament and match books.
An important feature in this book is that it is not all analysis and long variations, but also includes a great deal of prose and explanations of the ideas behind the moves. Average players are therefore able to understand why the moves were played rather than having an engine spitting out numerical assessments. No doubt this was one of the reasons why the book won the award for Best Instructional Book at the recent CJA awards.
An important work that deserves a broad readership.
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- Carsten Hansen, ACM

“A masterful job – probably the best book on a championship that I have ever seen.”
- Dylan Loeb McClain, Editor-in-chief for the Organizers of the 2016 WC match, and former New York Times chess columnist

“Lev Alburt and Jon Crumiller have combined forces with former world champion Vladimir Kramnik to produce a deeply considered account of Magnus Carlsen’s narrowly successful title defence against Sergei Karjakin in New York last year. The analysis produces the last word on what both did and should have transpired in every game while color photos convey a vivid impression of the visual aspects of the competition.”
- Grandmaster Raymond Keene OBE, New York Times

“Vladimir Kramnik [provides] the most candid analysis of a championship match ever made by a former champ.”
- Grandmaster Andy Soltis, New York Post

Edition details

• Publisher: Chess Information & Research Institute
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1889323292
• ISBN 13: 9781889323299
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 336