 For instance, I'd never heard anyone dare call Magnus Carlsen "primarily a grinder", but it immediately struck me as a very adequate (if not entirely flattering) description of the Norwegian prodigy. (Of course, Gormally realizes that Carlsen is much, much more than that, but his characterization rings intuitively true - at least to me.)
In fact, despite his extensive descriptions and analysis of (former) top level players' games, I liked the chapter about Gormally's own games best. I also thought it was the funniest section.
Gormally-Norris
Manchester Open 1997
11.h4!? Right, let's get on with it then. Patience was never my strongest point... White creates the threat of Bxh7 followed by Ng5 - a motif that is only possible with the rook still on h1 and another example of how it can pay to delay castling!
11...h6 (...) 12.g4!? Less Neanderthal types may have been tempted into a more sedate continuation such as 12.Nf1 or 12.Bb1!? - an interesting idea, envisaging Qc2 and an attack on the king - but it was far too late for such conventional schemes. I think this was an old weakness of mine - whenever my opponent had a vulnerable point in his castled position (in this case the pawn on h6) I always felt I had to attack it directly, whereas in most cases it would have been better to rely on the general weaknesses created by a move like...h6 to promote my attack in the future. (...)
I'm not sure if Calculate Like a Grandmaster really is about the art of calculation - but to be honest I don't really care. The book, like Chess Lessons and Grandmaster Chess Strategy, is written with so much enthusiasm and such an abundance of original ideas that it's simply a great read from beginning to end. These are three perfect ways to get in the right mood for your summer chess holiday.
CAL|Daniel
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Grandmaster Chess Strategy is a truly terrible work.
Richard Vedder
3 years 7 months ago
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That is a very short review, Cal!
Rob
3 years 7 months ago
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can you explain why it is so terrible? Plenty of reviewers have given reasons why it's a great book....
Signalman
3 years 7 months ago
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For too long, I have had only an old book ( "Best Games of the Young Grandmasters, by Pritchett & Kopec ) to show me how inspiring Ulf Anderssen's chess was ( is, in fact! ).
The strange explanation offered, that he played chess backwards, was more than interesting. He planned his structures with view to a good endgame more than anything else, and as an older player in a 'young man's blitz world'',that intrigued me.
Grandmaster Chess Strategy is a great experience: annotated games of a creative and educative, but largely ignored,grandmaster. Grab the PDF extract, enjoy, and then go and buy the book. You won't be disappointed.<reponame>KSanthanam/PiAutoPilot
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