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The Best I Saw in Chess
Stuart Rachels
其他書名
Games, Stories and Instruction from an Alabama Prodigy Who Became U.S. Champion
出版New In Chess, 2020-04-10
主題Games & Activities / Chess
ISBN90569188269789056918828
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=f0XcDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋At the U.S. Championship in 1989, Stuart Rachels seemed bound for the cellar. Ranked last and holding no IM norms, the 20-year-old amateur from Alabama was expected to get waxed by the American top GMs of the day that included Seirawan, Gulko, Dzindzichashvili, deFirmian, Benjamin and Browne.



Instead, Rachels pulled off a gigantic upset and became the youngest U.S. Champion since Bobby Fischer. Three years later he retired from competitive chess, but he never stopped following the game.

In this wide-ranging, elegantly written, and highly personal memoir, Stuart Rachels passes on his knowledge of chess. Included are his duels against legends such as Kasparov, Anand, Spassky, Ivanchuk, Gelfand and Miles, but the heart of the book is the explanation of chess ideas interwoven with his captivating stories.



There are chapters on tactics, endings, blunders, middlegames, cheating incidents, and even on how to combat that rotten opening, the Réti. Rachels offers a complete and entertaining course in chess strategy. At the back are listed 110 principles of play—bits of wisdom that arise naturally in the book’s 24 chapters.



Every chess player will find it difficult to put this sparkling book down. As a bonus, it will make you a better player.