We have decided to start with the high level chess videos purposed to improve understanding of all aspects of the game opening lines, middlegames or endgames. A complete guide to the rubinstein variation ivan sokolov. At chess castle we are focused on delivering quality digital media chess content aimed at improving club players level. Garry kasparov books list of books by author garry kasparov. This opening was very rarely played by ivan sokolov. It contained so much analysis that was a pleasure to study and devour. After his outstanding 2008 book winning chess middlegames grandmaster ivan sokolov takes us. So, in the following section, we have taken up this critical task. In this dvd, legendary grandmaster ivan sokolov looks at the secret. Garry kasparov vs ivan sokolov 1996 members prefs laboratory collections openings endgames sacrifices history search kibitzing kibitzers cafe chessforums tournament index players kibitzing. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read winning chess middlegames. Sokolov is making the middlegame genre his own across his range of books and dvds, and even through that will always lead to some crossover, he claims this dvd contains 85% of new material. Secrets of positional sacrifices in chess gm ivan sokolov.
Garry kasparov vs ralf akesson, wch u20, dortmund, 1980, 10. Sokolov is seen here with garry kasparov and anatoly karpov. Ivan sokolov is a top grandmaster who was born in bosnia in 1968. In his rich career sokolov has beaten world chess champions garry kasparov.
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. I was able to get kasparov in an unpleasant psychological situation. Gm sokolov was born on the th of june 1968 in bosnia formerly yugoslavia. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading garry kasparov on garry kasparov, part 2. Vladimir kramnik vs garry kasparov, linares, esp, 1994, 10. Our digital download videos are on average 60 minutes duration in our view an optimal time for a club player. Kasparov vs karpov 19751985 kindle edition by kasparov, garry. Viewable chess game garry kasparov vs ivan sokolov, 1996, with discussion forum and chess analysis features. It is a solid but flexible opening which gives rich tactical and. The best games of garry kasparov woochesslets chess. After garry kasparov retired from serious chess, he wrote along with coauthors a series of books on the past world champions. Nakamura and nepo kept on playing for 85 moves in a position wellknown as a book draw.
He rose to the number 12 spot in the fide world rankings. Ivan sokolov, 97866871264, please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free sources online. Viewable chess game garry kasparov vs ivan sokolov, 1999, with discussion forum and chess analysis features. It seems to me that korchnoi considered ivan sokolovs chess as.
Garry kasparov on modern chess, part 1, 2 download book pdf. Ivan sokolov born june 1968 to a bulgarian father and bosnian mother is a chess grandmaster born in jajce, sfr yugoslavia, who currently resides in the netherlands. Garry kasparov vs ivan sokolov hoogovens blitz 1999 blitz, wijk aan zee ned, rd 2, jan18 trompowsky attack. In this book ivan sokolov presents a set of practical tools that will help you to. Wilhelm steinitz former world champion, 18861894 our book of the week is the art of sacrifice in chess by rudolf. Seize the moment to get the advantage by ivan sokolov isbn. Secrets of positional sacrifices strategy middlegames. List of people who have beaten garry kasparov in chess. The classical world chess championship 1995, known at the time as the pca world chess championship 1995, was held from september 10, 1995, to october 16, 1995, on the 107th floor of the south tower of the world trade center in new york city.
The opening played in this game is alekhine attack, slav, established by the moves 1. His writing has always been considered as great source of information. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. His international fame came when he was 22 years old and became the youngest world chess champion in chess history, in 1985.
Ivan sokolov sample pages pdf after his outstanding 2008 book winning chess middlegames grandmaster ivan sokolov takes us further into his dungeon of middlegame skills. Gm ivan sokolov only the player with the initiative has the right to attack. In his rich career sokolov has beaten world chess champions like garry kasparov, vladimir kramnik as well as viswanathan anand. He was yugoslav champion in 1988 and dutch champion in 1995 and 1998. The d10 is also the second most frequently played parent class opening by ivan sokolov, used in more than 14% of his games. Grandmaster ivan sokolov presents bold, but very playable, offbeat weapons for black, as well as dynamic new ideas and refutations in many mainline variations, for both black and white. If anyones interested, im selling some chess books. The late victor korchnoi had gm ivan sokolov in high esteem, he had written about that implicitly in his book with his best games as white. An essential guide to pawn structures ebook written by ivan sokolov. Ivan sokolov vs aleksandr lenderman, reykjavik open, 2010, 10.
I started to play chess in 1974 when i was six years old. Ivan sokolov in strategic nimzoindian, 2012 jan0915. In his rich career sokolov has beaten world chess champions garry kasparov, vladimir kramnik and viswanathan anand. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading garry kasparov on modern chess, part 2. Garry kasparov vs ivan sokolov 1999 members prefs laboratory collections openings endgames sacrifices history search kibitzing kibitzers cafe chessforums tournament index players kibitzing. Kasparov himself invited us to join him in his search for ultimate chess truth on our news pages.
The ruy lopez revisited by ivan sokolov, paperback. Sacrifice and initiative in chess is an entertaining and instructive guide, packed. A sacrifice is the natural product of the initiative. In his rich career sokolov has beaten world chess champions garry kasparov,vladimir. Sokolov has played the rubinstein variation all his life, and he has even beaten world champion garry kasparov with it.
Garry kasparov grew up in baku, azerbaijan ussr and became the youngest ever world chess champion in 1985 at the age of 22. Garry kasparov vs alexey shirov, horgen, swz, 1994, 10. The following people have beaten garry kasparov in a regular game of chessnot a game played at odds. Download a pdf file with the extract from this book. Garry kasparov on modern chess part three kasparov vs karpov 198687 garry kasparov. Garry kasparov, michael adams, alexei shirov, vassily ivanchuk, etienne. Garry kasparov on modern chess part two kasparov vs karpov garry kasparov. Karpov, 1990 cadogan chess books garry kasparov, efim geller, anatoly lein, viktor chepizhny, ken neat on. Garry kasparov on garry kasparov, part 1 is the first book in a major new threevolume series. He carved out as separate volumes the period of his rise, revolution in the 70s, kasparov versus karpov 19751985, and kasparov versus karpov 19861987 this volume covers significant games that were not covered. For this book he focuses, in his entertaining and wellknown style, on different aspects of the complex middlegame.
An accessible and inspirational book book by worldfamous ivan sokolov who, in his rich career, has beaten world champions kasparov, kramnik. Garry kasparov s most popular book is winter is coming. This is the second most frequently played parent class opening by garry kasparov, used in more than 12% of his games. Wonderboy magnus carlsen by simen agdestein new in chess, 2004, paperback. Kasparov is considered by many to be the strongest human chess player in history, having reached a fide rating of 2851 in january 2000 some of the people listed played kasparov when he was quite young, and some were simul games, where kasparov took on multiple. Garry kasparov, the defending champion, played viswanathan anand, the challenger, in a twentygame match kasparov. Garry kasparov has 87 books on goodreads with 24027 ratings. Ivan sokolov may be the strongest active player writing books on. Correction to my post above, the sokolov kasparov game is from 1999. Being a reputed author, he has written many books and it is quite a critical task to make a top rated garry kasparov books list.
In his rich career sokolov has beaten world chess champions like garry kasparov, vladimir kramnik and viswanathan anand. A position found in the abc of rook endings in korchnois book. Kings indian torre attack grandmaster games database. The a81 is the most frequently played parent class opening by vladimir p malaniuk, used in more than 28% of his games. Ivan sokolov vs garry kasparov 1999 put a sok in it.
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