Together with Paul Keres: The Road To The Top, this chess work completes the most comprehensive collection of annotated Keres games ever published. This volume picks up the story from 1950, when Keres was at the height of his powers, to his death in 1975. Seven times World Champion Candidate Keres offers inspiration and instruction to chess players of all levels with his friendly, honest commentaries, and John Nunn has selected and annotated the finest of Keres' games from 1962-1975. This book charts the development and games of one of the greatest players in chess history, and you can judge for yourself whether it was Keres' open, friendly character or Soviet politics that prevented him from reaching the summit of the chess world.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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A fitting tribute to the Crown Prince of Chess,
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This review is from: Paul Keres: The Quest for Perfection (New American Batsford Chess Library) (Paperback)
Even in this age of 2700+ grandmasters, the games of Paul Keres retain their excitement and freshness. John Nunn has done a wonderful job of adding additional analysis to Keres's original comments, as well as giving us the later games Keres had not included in his Chess autobiography. 37 years in the Top 10 of Chess, four-time second-place winner in Candidates' Tournaments (yes, it's heart-rending) - there can be no doubt that Paul Keres was one of the giants of the game. Any chess player from, say, 1500 to GM cannot fail to benefit from this book. Why only 9? I would have liked photos! My only caveat, and a niggling one at that.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Practical book for the tournament player,
By neocog "neocog" (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Paul Keres: The Quest for Perfection (New American Batsford Chess Library) (Paperback)
This book and its companion are an excellent competition to .....Like a Grandmaster series. I read the ....grandmaster series when I was preparing for my competitions. This book is far realistic in terms of what to expect and the mental preparation for the tournament. It is much closer to reality than the Grandmaster series which is written in an idealistic way.
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