Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 05:52:46 05/05/04
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On May 05, 2004 at 07:51:09, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On May 05, 2004 at 07:15:53, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>"Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, part 3" is now available for >>pre-order >> >>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1857443713/102-1546867-2454501?%5Fencoding=UTF8 >> >> >>I am pretty sure the books are ghost written, nonetheless, I have enjoyed them >>as each page turn contains 3 to 4 diagrams - many interesting positions to train >>your computer chess program on. Your charge card is not charged until it is >>shipped. I'm sure other bookstores will let you preorder as well. I just use >>the Amazon link because that is where I ordered it from. YMMV > >I think Kasparov's My Great Predecessors is not of much use to anyone below >grandmaster level. Disagree totally - it does provide a nice history of the Chess World Championships and the players. I think it a good book for chess players of all ranges. If anything, somereviewers have detected flaws in some of the analysis that may make the analysis less benficial to GM as opposed tothe rest of us mortals. Search "goldsby chess reviews" on google to find in-depth reviews and critiques on chess books including Kasparov's books http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/ > If you want good tactical analysis, you have many chess >programs for that. I would expect a book to contain more ideas and strategies >rather than pure tactical analysis...
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