Carlsen's Assault on the Throne

by Vassilios Kotronias, Sotiris Logothetis

In 2013 chess returned to world headlines. The energetic Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen was front page news and his fans were not the World Number 1 won the World Championship.   Carlsen’s Assault on the Throne gives an inside view of Carlsen’s dramatic from one of eight challengers in the London Candidates tournament, with the near disaster in the final rounds, ending with triumph in Chennai.   With behind-the-scenes stories and top-level analysis of the games, Kotronias & Logothetis have written the ultimate book on how Carlsen became the 16th undisputed World Chess Champion.   This hardcover edition includes over a hundred color photographs.

Genres: Chess

304 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2014

Reviews

[Sylvan Clarke]

Fantastic book, brilliantly written, great analysis of games from the candidate tournament through to the mesmerising world championship. For any chess lovers its definitely a keeper for sure.