Leonid Stein - Master of attack (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) [Paperback]

Raymond Keene (Author)

Book Description

Series: Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics | Publication Date: October 1, 2002

Leonid Stein?s brilliant chess career, cut tragically short in 1973, included overwhelming victories against the world?s leading grandmasters, Stein not only stormed to an incredible total of 3 first prizes (out of 4 attempts) in the USSR Championships, but also won what were arguably the two strongest tournaments of all time, (Moscow 1967 and Moscow 1971)

Product Details

• Paperback: 168 pages
• Publisher: Hardinge Simpole (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843820188
• ISBN-13: 978-1843820185
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,903,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant games by attacking genius, November 11, 2002

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Penny Smith "PS" (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leonid Stein - Master of attack (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) (Paperback)

leonid stein was a genius of attack who beat botvinnik, tal petrosian, smyslov, keres and a host of others. the games here are annotated very carefully and in highly readable form by the grandmaster correspondent of the london times and the international herald tribune. every game is a joy to play over. some people have claimed that some of the games are not by stein. this is simply untrue. every game is well authenticated and there will be some marvellous sacrificial treats very lucidly explained for anyone who buys the book. there is also a biography of stein with his most important results spelled out in detail.watch out for stein's immortal game against krogius!!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A great player, almost a great book, November 29, 2001

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mojojojo50 "mojojojo50" (duluth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leonid Stein: Master Of Attack (Paperback)

Buy this book if it comes up at a low price or as used. Great collection of attacking games. Keene provides adequate notes without enough depth, the biographic stuff is good and Stein really deserves the worshipful writing of his life, e.g. a great player whose is twice robbed by FIDE (chess bureaurocracy) of his shot at real greatness - i.e. to play for qualification to challenge for the world title. The games are all excellent (though Gufeld claims a few are not actually Stein's ?!) A great feature of this book are the two dozen short games at the end. However the book that Stein deserves is still unwritten. This book fails to cover his positional style, endgame play, the full extent of his will to win and opening influence. This work is better than nothing, rescues the memory of of a chess genius of the 60's and is readable for all classess of chess players - the games are very imspiring. Keene's decent job should have been better.

4.0 out of 5 stars a good book, November 29, 2011

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Farley "sutton-brown" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leonid Stein - Master of attack (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) (Paperback)

This is a good book on Stein. The annotations, which are not too deep and they don't need to be so, fill the bill. But I agree with the other reviewer that the Real McCoy Stein book is yet to be written. Stein had a fine sense of positional play and was also a very good endgame player,a very unusual feat for an attacking player.They usually don't fare so well in these two areas. Kasparov, for instance, was a notorious endgame blunderer (you don't see this a lot in books because he's the chief advisor for a well-known publisher and the authors there suck up to him). So those two features of Stein's play still want a book. I was going to give this book only 3 stars but the title is Master of Attack, so I think the author is covered. So 4 stars.