The Test of Time (Pergamon Russian Chess Series) [Hardcover]

Garry Kasparov (Author)

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Language Notes

Text: English, Russian (translation)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 214 pages
• Publisher: Cadogan Books; 1st edition (January 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0080340431
• ISBN-13: 978-0080340432
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,206,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Garry Kasparov grew up in Baku, Azerbaijan (USSR) and became the youngest ever world chess champion in 1985 at the age of 22. He held that title until 2000. He retired from professional chess in March 2005 to found the United Civil Front in Russia, and has dedicated himself to establishing free and fair elections in his homeland. A longtime contributing editor at The Wall Street Journal, Kasparov travels around the world to address corporations and business audiences on strategy and leadership, and he appears frequently in the international media to talk about both chess and politics. When not traveling he divides his time between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Find this book and buy it!, July 22, 1998

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N. Beach "romansperson" (Chapel Hill, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Test of Time (Pergamon Russian Chess Series) (Hardcover)

When a great World Champion writes about his own games, read what he has to say! In the tradition of Fischer's My Sixty Memorable Games, Botvinnik's 100 Selected Games, Tal's The Life and Times of Mikhail Tal, and Alekhine's Best Games, The Test of Time gives one great insight into chess at the very highest levels. Unlike a lot of Garry's later work where he writes as though he doesn't want to give anything away to prospective opponents, this book is written as if his very life depended upon every word. The games are given with contemporary annotations and in many cases Kasparov revised them as he prepared the book for publication. The book covers the period from the mid-seventies when Garry was a teenage master through the candidates matches which led up to the first WC match with Karpov. There are a few games here that are worth the price of the book alone -- check out Kasparov - Portisch where Garry sacs two bishops and drives the Black Queen all over the board and e! ventually to checkmate. Unlike the books cited above, The Test of Time has not yet received its due, but surely will take its place among the classics.

4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a tremendous book, April 15, 2007

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S. Davis (South Carolina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Test of Time (Russian Chess) (Paperback)

No, I'm not paying 70 bucks for this. As another reviewer mentioned, 70 bucks buys a lot of chess. 70 bucks would pretty much cover the cost of the three-volume set of Botvinnik's Best Games, which are annotated with Botvinnik's excellent and thoughtful analysis. This particular book is great, but somebody needs to produce a knock-off edition, because it's inexcusable to have this out of print. The Best Move, by Hort and Jansa, is another fabulous book that is out of print because the publisher went under but won't release copyrights to another publisher. It's incredibly irritating.