Silman's chess odyssey : cracked grandmaster tales, legendary players, and instruction and musings / International Master Jeremy Silman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silman, Jeremy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chess.

Chess--Tournaments.

Chess players.

Chess--Miscellanea.

chess.

chess players.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 549 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Siles Press, [2022]

Summary:

""Silman's Chess Odyssey" is International Master Jeremy Silman's homage-part instruction, part history, part memoir-to the game he loves. The book opens with with behind-the-scenes tales of tournament life. Then it profiles the lives and careers of eleven legendary players-Adolf Anderssen, Ignatz Kolisch, Johannes Zukertort, Siegbert Tarrasch, Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Frank Marshall, Rudolf Spielmann, Alexander Alekhine, Salo Flohr, and Efim Geller-with the help of diagrams and analysis of over 275 games. After that it delves into accounts of criminals who were talented chess players, discusses a memorably odd series of games in a historic interzonal tournament, and memorializes some of Silman's friends in the chess world. It concludes with material on openings, imbalances, tactics, and psychology, and FAQs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. One Cracked Grandmaster Tales

1. Rosendo Balinas and the Cup of Honey

2. Igor Ivanov and the Game that Wasn't a Game

3. A Tribute to Igor Ivanov

4. Walter Browne and the Curse of the Faulty Glasses

5. Miguel Najdorf and the Dirty Trick

6. More Najdorf Fun

7. Tigran Petrosian Hunts Me Down

8. Vassily Smyslov and the Psychic Premonition

9. Thrashed by Alla Kushnir

10. The Hidden Three-Time Repetition

11. Tal in Disneyland

12. Silman Draws a Little Girl

13. How Not to Eat Dessert

14. A Lesson in Indian Chess

15. How I Became a Simultaneous Villain

16. The Greatest Chess Storyteller of All Time

17. A Cold War Moment

18. Welcome to Provo

19. Celebrities Gone Wild

20. Arthur Dake and the Nosey Chess Politicians

21. George Koltanowski Does Me a Favor

22. Carlos Castaneda and the Penthouse Suite

pt. Two Legendary Players

1. Adolf Anderssen: Mr. Slice and Dice!

2. Ignatz Kolisch: Unknown Tactical Monster

3. Johannes Zukertort: Master of Dynamics

4. Siegbert Tarrasch: Renaissance Man

5. Wilhelm Steinitz: Behold the Austrian Morphy!

6. Emanuel Lasker: A Positional and Tactical Mystery!

7. Frank Marshall: How to Build a Chess Champion

8. Rudolf Spielmann: The Lethal Gentleman

9. Alexander Alekhine: A Dance With Death

10. Salo Flohr: The Fickle Winds of Fate

11. Efim Geller: Killer on the Chessboard

pt. Three Portraits and Stories

1. Chess Criminals and the Games They Play

2. The Amazing Argentinian Chess Tragedy

3. In Memoriam to Some Friends

Steve Brandwein

Dave (aka Bandog)

John Grefe

Parting with the Lady

4. When Men Were Men

pt. Four Musings, Theory, Instruction, and FAQs

1. My Favorite Classic Games

2. A Word about Openings

The Black Knight's Tango (or the Mexican Defense)

Overextending Your Pawns with Black e5

Two Years Opening Preparation

3. Psychology at the Board

4. The. Masked Grandmaster (The Greatest Amateur Game of All Time)

5. Brutal Tactics and Positional Tactics

6. Very Old Combinations

7. Train Your Brain! Target Consciousness

8. Computers

8. FAQ

Can Anyone Become a Grandmaster?

Do Titled Players Blunder?

The Time Trouble Blues

Imbalances

What in the World is a Chess Style?

Over-the-Board Code of Conduct

A Gentleman's Game?

Things That Go Down Your Throat at a Chess Tournament

Rollercoasters of Hell

Time Management

Blindfold Chess.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781890085247

1890085243

OCLC:

1285369674