Bronstein

by Steve Giddins

David Bronstein is one of the greatest and most loved chess players of all time. He won numerous major tournaments and for many years he was one of the world's strongest grandmasters. In 1951 he came agonizingly close to winning the World Championship title, drawing 12-12 against the reigning champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Bronstein was one of the most creative geniuses the chess world has ever seen, and he left a legacy of wonderful games. In this book, FIDE Master Steve Giddins selects and examines his favorite Bronstein games, brings light to some games which were previously unpublished, and shows us how we can all learn and improve our chess by studying Bronstein's play.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 practicing 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.

Genres: Chess

288 pages, Paperback

First published April 28, 2015

Reviews

[Alberto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bronstein deserves better than this slipshod effort. First of all, just 30 games, seriously? Add to it that several of the games are of low quality and/or against second (or third) rate competition. London Swisses or evening tournaments, seriously? The annotations are pretty scarce, yet somehow manage to contain a lot of errors despite this scarcity. There are also factual errors (e.g., the two games from the Moscow-Prague team tournament took place in Prague, not Moscow). I was very disappointed.