Anand: Move by Move (Everyman Chess) Paperback November 7, 2014

by Zenón Franco Ocampos

Viswanathan Anand is undoubtedly one of the World's greatest ever chess players. He first shot to fame in his youth, when he enthralled the chess public with his results and his amazing speed of play. He became India's first ever grandmaster, at the age of eighteen. He has won five World Championships, and was the undisputed World Champion from 2007 to 2013. He's been the World number one ranked player and one of the very few to break the 2800 rating barrier. His renowned versatility has help him to become successful in all forms of the tournament play, match play, knockout and rapidplay. In this book, Grandmaster Zenón Franco examines in detail Anand's chess career to date. He selects and studies his favourite Anand games, and demonstrates clearly how we can all improve our chess by learning from Anand's play. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge. * Learn from the games of a chess legend * Important ideas absorbed by continued practice * Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study

Genres: Chess

Paperback

First published November 7, 2014

About the author

Zenón Franco Ocampos was a chess grandmaster (GM) from Paraguay. In the 1982 Chess Olympiad at Lucerne, he won the gold medal at board one by scoring 11 of 13. In the 1990 Chess Olympiad at Novi Sad, he shared first place at board one with 9 points in 12 games. As of 2007, Franco was the top-ranked player and only GM in Paraguay (now, there are two GMs: Axel Bachmann and José Cubas). He wrote several books on chess for Gambit Publications under the name Zenón Franco.

Reviews

[Serge Pierro · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve become a big fan of the “Move by Move” series of chess books. Each book features a collection of excellent games by the featured player, as well as great analysis to complete the presentation. Zenon Franco’s collection of games by Vishy Anand is an interesting addition to the series, as it is a bit of a departure from other authors approach. Using a “question and answer” approach, he delves into many of the more important moments of the games and sheds a profound insight into the inner strategic elements of the position at hand. Great stuff and highly recommended!