Winning Chess Brilliancies

by Seirawan, Yasser

• ISBN13: 9780735609181
• ISBN10: 0735609187
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: Microsoft Pr

Summary

This book by International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan provides a move-by-move account of the best chess games of the last 25 years, played by the world's foremost chess competitors. With an authoritative voice that is by turns poetic and analytical, Seirawan serves as host of a fascinating excursion through a dozen of the most brilliant chess games, providing insights into and explanations of each and every move.

Author Biography

Yasser Seirawan is the highest-rated American chess professional on the Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) rating ladder and the first American to vie for the World Championship title since Bobby Fischer. He is a three-time U.S. Champion, the 1989 Western Hemisphere Champion, and an eight-time member of the U.S. Chess Olympiad team. Currently one of the world's top-ranked chess players, he is one of only a handful of players to have defeated world champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in tournament play.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. v
Introduction	p. vii
Making History	p. 1
Slaying the Dragon	p. 27
Sparkling Originality	p. 49
Time-Trouble Misery	p. 71
A Sunny Moment	p. 93
Olympian Effort	p. 107
Experienced Hands	p. 127
Supreme Effort	p. 145
Moscow Miracle	p. 165
A la Morphy	p. 183
Lightning and Thunder	p. 197
A Rapid Coup	p. 219
Postscript	p. 243
Index	p. 245
About the Author	p. 257
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