Najdorf was one of the inventors of the King's Indian Defence in the 1940s and 1950s and has contributed many key ideas to it's theory. This book contains 202 of Najdorf's games in which he plays the K.I.D. against just about every system White can employ and illustrates many of the important weapons in Black's armoury. The games are arranged according to opening variation and many have light annotations. The author is an International Master and former Bulgarian Champion. Pub. 1997, softback, 112 pages.
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Miguel Najdorf was born in Poland but was stranded in Argentina in 1939 when, during the Buenos Aires Chess Olympiad, Germany invaded Poland. He stayed, taking Argentinian citizenship, to become one of the leading post war Grandmasters as well as a successful businessman. Najdorf is famed for having invented one of the most popular openings of all time, the Sicilian Najdorf, for his feats of blindfold play and for his longevity (he played in tournaments against eleven world champions). Najdorf was also a World Championship contender himself in the 1940s and 1950s. In this book Polish historian Tomasz Lissowski and has compiled an entertaining and carefully researched biography of Najdorf. The book also includes 130 of Najdorf's best games, nearly half of which have contemporary annotations by Najdorf himself. Grandmaster Adrian Mikhailchishin has annotated the rest of the games. The book concludes with a chaptwer showing some of Najdorf's best endgames and a Find the Winning Move section. Pub. 2005, softback, 256 pages.
321 games, 354 pages. All known games by William Ewart Napier, a leading American players from the turn of the century who played most of his master level chess in Europe. Plenty of background articles, many diagrams and other illustrations. An excellent piece of research. Pub. 1997, hardback, 354 pages.
This is a long overdue translation of a game collection that was praised by both Tal and Bronstein. Nezhmetdinov was a tactical genius who, although he "only" reached the level of International Master, could, and did, beat leading Grandmasters in style. His record against World Champions was six wins, nine draws and five losses with a 3-1 score against Tal when the latter was at his peak! Nezhmetdinov is little known in the West since he played almost entirely in internal USSR events. He played not for tournament points but to create games of great beauty every time he came to the board and this approach perhaps deprived him of some of the success his talent deserved. In this book he presents 72 of his best games, mostly annotated by him, together with some brief biographical material and tournament results. The final chapter contains 23 middlegame and 9 endgame examples which demonstrate typical strategic and tactical methods. Pub. 2000, softback, 184 pages.
An algebraic edition of one of Keene’s best works which studies the influence of Nimzowitsch’s ideas on modern chess. This includes a discussion with Bent Larsen, extracts from Nimzowitsch’s "How I became a Grandmaster", many examples of his influence on modern opening play and a large selection of annotated Nimzowitsch games in chronological order, with tournament crosstables included. The original had a brilliant parody by Hans Kmoch as a conclusion, sadly missing here. Nevertheless one of the great chess books.pub. 1999, softback, 256 pages.
A collection of 46 of Grandmaster John Nunn's best games played between 1993 and 2002 with extensive annotations by the author. This book takes up where his previous book John Nunn's Best Games left off and takes us up to Nunn's retirement from tournament chess in 2003. Throughout, the emphasis is on what the reader can learn from each game, so the book is ideal study material for those seeking to progress to a higher level of chess understanding. Virtually every move is explained in language that all chess players will be able to understand. Included here are games against Sirov, Adams, Hodgson, Lalic and many others. Nunn ends with a chapter of studies which he composed and with his thoughts on the chess world and on chess publishing. A book which is both entertaining and instructive at the same time. Pub. 2005, softback, 287 pages.
