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The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Century, Ranked

The 100 Best Chess Games of the 20th Century, Ranked

Soltis, Andrew

Paperback

General ReferenceChess

ISBN10: 0786427418
ISBN13: 9780786427413
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Feb 1 2006
Pages: 271
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.64 Width: 7.08 Depth: 9.98
Language: English

How does one determine the best chess games? What one may see as brilliant, another may see as simply necessary. Like some art lovers, chess fans claim that they know a good game when they see it, and that they know better from good. But best? How is this articulated? This book, itself a work of art, is brought together by the use of five criteria: the overall aesthetics (clever and relentless are insufficient qualities); the originality (e.g., not yet another white knight sacrifice in a Sicilian); the level of opposition (the loser played very well); the soundness (i.e., are the moves refutable with perfect play?), accuracy (few of the moves are second-best), and difficulty (the winner overcame major obstacles) of the game; and finally the overall breadth and depth (one wants a series of sparkling ideas, with no dry patches).

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