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Chess World Championships: All the Games, All With Diagrams, 1834-1998

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If you are interested in the historical side of chess, then this book is a must-buy.

Chess World Championships contains the most important games in chess history.
It provides the reader with an opportunity to explore the past and to emerse himself in the classic struggles for the title of World Chess Champion. Dating back to the times before Andersson, and covering everything to Kasparov's era, the book doesn't miss a beat. Every single game that was played to determine the title of chess champion is included here.

While no annotations are used, the 800+ pages of game scores provide the reader with the most complete coverage of championship matches out there.

No chess book collection is considered complete without this piece!

No analysis, and random diagrams, I found the book useless. It did contain a record of the actual moves however.

I agree with the previous viewer. This book is a must even though no annotations are used. Its just like "Bobby Fischer: Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion" by Lou Hays (except there's no annotation).

Its often said that to strengthen your play, you need to study games. Well, here's one hell of a collection of games. But there's no-one to hold your hand. Oh well, pick a game from the text, play each move and think about why that move was made and what move will be made next. Hey! you might learn something.

Oh, and its algebraic notation. Yeeehah! I wouldn't have purchased this book if it was the old descriptive notation (barf!).