Larsen's Selected Games of Chess, 1948-69

by Bent Larsen

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Birkitts Books presents ... Larsen's Selected Games of Chess, 1948-69 ISBN:0713516178 Author:Bent Larsen Publisher:David McKay Release Date:1971 Seller Category:Hobbies and Crafts Qty Available:1 Condition:Used: Good Sku: 260823018 Notes: 1971 reprint. Spine is sun-faded, light wear to edges, binding sound, top edges are foxed, internally clean. Bent Larsen, the Danish grandmaster, is one of the great personalities in modern chess, a formidable tourna-ment player whose outlook is summarised in one of his favourite comments — 'all pieces are attacking'. In this book he annotates fifty of his own games (the first such collection in English), analysing his development as a player from his days as a twelve-year-old schoolboy up to 1969. These are, he emphasises, only 'selected' games-- his 'best' game has yet to be played —but by any standard they are of supreme quality, especially those from that extraordinary series of tournament victories, beginning in 1967, during which he defeated the greatest masters of the day, including the former and reigning world champions. The book is arranged chronologically, each chapter prefaced by an account of his progress in the international arena. If, as he claims at one point, more can be learned of a master's style from his annotations than from his games, readers can now obtain a deep appreciation of Larsen's genius: the highly individual treatment of the openings, the use of flank attacks, the superb endgame technique and the'aversion to g

• Publisher: David McKay
• Year: 1948
• ISBN: 0713516178
• Condition: Good

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