Keres: Move by Move by Zenon Franco – Chess game analysis and history

Franco: Keres - Move by Move

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Autor: Franco, Zenon
Verlag / Hersteller: Everyman Chess
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Sprache: Englisch
Buchumschlag: paperback
Seiten: 464

Estonian grandmaster Paul Keres is one of the greatest players in chess history. Along with Viktor Korchnoi he is one of the best never to have gained the ultimate title of world champion. He was among the very top players in the world for more than three decades. He was an unusually well-rounded chess player, writing numerous books and, additionally, also composing problems and endgame studies. Paraguay grandmaster, Zenón Franco has long been a fan of Paul Keres and has now collected together 38 of his finest games, along with numerous extracts from other encounters.

The Move by Move series provides an ideal format for the keen chess player to improve their game. While reading you are continually challenged to answer probing questions – a method that greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of chess 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 study chess while providing the best possible chance to retain what has been learned.

Contents

About the Author

Bibliography

Foreword

Introduction

1. First Performances, 1929-34

2. First International Tournaments, 1935-37

3rd AVRO Tournament 1938

4. During the Second World War, 1939-45

5. The Years before the World Championship, 1946-47

6th World Championship, The Hague/Moscow 1948

7. Competitions and Titles, 1948-51

8. Tournaments, 1952-55

9. A New Struggle for the World Championship, 1955-56

10. Activities in the Years, 1957-58

11. The Years 1959-62

12th Curaçao Candidates Tournament, 1962

13. Tournaments, 1962-64

14. Final Candidates Event and Other Tournaments, 1965-71

15. The Final Years, 1972-75

Paul Keres' Important Results

Index of Openings

Index of Complete Games

464 pages, 2017, paperback, English.