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This book brings together the two greatest names in the history of chess. The author, Garry Kasparov, is the world number one and, by common consent, the greatest player ever. The subject of the book, Bobby Fischer, is the only American to have become world champion and is probably the greatest natural talent the world has ever seen.
In the period between 1955 and 1972 Fischer, more or less single-handedly, took on the might of the Soviet Chess Empire, and won. During this time Fischer scored astonishing successes the like of which had not been seen before. These included 11/11 in the 1963/64 US Championship and match victories (en route to the World Championship) by the score of 6-0 against two of the strongest players in the world, Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen. The climax of Fischer's campaign was his unforgettable match win in Reykjavik in 1972 against Boris Spassky.
Fischer is almost equally well-known for his temperamental behaviour away from the board, as his play on it. He made extreme demands of all those around him including tournament organisers. When these demands were not met he often refused to play. The 1972 match against Spassky required the intervention of no less than Henry Kissinger to smooth things over. In 1975 when he was due to defend his title against Anatoly Karpov, Fischer was completely unable to agree terms with FIDE (the World Chess Federation) and was defaulted. After this he more or less gave up chess, playing only once, a 'return' match against Spassky in 1992.
In this book, a must for all serious chessplayers, Kasparov analyses deeply Fischer's greatest games and assesses the legacy of this great American genius.
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This book brings together the two greatest names in the history of chess. The author, Garry Kasparov, is the world number one and, by common consent, the greatest player ever. The subject of the book, Bobby Fischer, is the only American to have become world champion and is probably the greatest natural talent the world has ever seen.
In the period between 1955 and 1972 Fischer, more or less single-handedly, took on the might of the Soviet Chess Empire and won. During this time Fischer scored astonishing successes, the likes of which had not been seen before. These included 11/11 in the 1963/64 U.S. Championship and match victories (en route to the World Championship) by the score of 6-0 against two of the strongest players in the world, Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen. The climax of Fischer's campaign was his unforgettable match win in Reykjavik in 1972 against Boris Spassky.
Fischer is almost equally well-known for his temperamental behavior away from the board. He made extreme demands of all those around him including tournament organizers. When these demands were not met he often refused to play. The 1972 match against Spassky required the intervention of no less than Henry Kissinger to smooth things over. In 1975, when he was due to defend his title against Anatoly Karpov, Fischer was completely unable to agree terms with FIDE (the World Chess Federation) and was defaulted. After this he more or less gave up chess, playing only once, a "return" match against Spassky in 1992.
In this book, a must for all serious chess players, Kasparov deeply analyzes deeply Fischer's greatest games and assesses the legacy of this great American genius. Also under the microscope are the games of the other great Western players of Fischer's era - Samuel Reshevsky, Miguel Najdorf and Bent Larsen.
About the Author
Garry Kasparov is generally regarded as the greatest chess player ever. He was the thirteenth World Champion, holding the title between 1985 and 2000. His tournament record is second to none, featuring numerous wins in the world's major events, often by substantial margins. Over the last few years he has taken first prize in ten consecutive major international events.
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72 of 74 people found the following review helpful.
Like its subject, a flawed marvel, but a marvel nonetheless
By Scott D. Thomson
There was considerable interest in this book in the chess world, and some expectation of controversy. Fischer is a fascinating subject in his own right. He recently got back in the news after being detained in Japan for eight months before being given Icelandic citizenship and dramatically flown to the site of his 1972 triumph. Kasparov has not escaped Fischer's anti-Jewish ravings, and Fischer even accused Kasparov and Karpov of pre-arranging, not merely the results, but the actual moves of the games of their matches.
There is also the little matter of historical reputation. Kasparov's dominance of world chess over the last 20 years has been extraordinary. It is very difficult for an objective reviewer to do other than accord him the title of greatest chessplayer of all time. But it is difficult for him to move out of the shadow of a man who quit at the height of his fame and ability at the age of 29 and, apart from a single match, has been virtually invisible since 1972. In short, Kasparov has some reasons to feel bitterness towards his famous prececessor, and many were curious to see if that bitterness would leach into the book.
I am happy to report that there seems to be very little of that (although I think it affects his discussion of Fischer's great 1970-72 surge -- see below). Apart from 250 pages about Fischer, it also includes shorter sections on Miguel Najdorf, Samuel Reshevsky (and his rival Reuben Fine) and Bent Larsen. I particularly enjoyed the section on Larsen, who played many fine games. But the focus of the book is Fischer.
It does not disappoint. First of all, there is a wonderful selection of games. Fischer's greatest hits: the "Game of the Century" against Donald Byrne in 1956, the famous brilliancy against Robert Byrne in 1963, the crush against Larsen in 1958, Black Magic against Portisch are all here. As before, in such games Kasparov and Dimitry Plisetsky [what to say about him] make ready use of old analysis, as well as computer programs. [Do they do anything new?] But there is also a good selection of games that are less well known. Kasparov plucks an obscure Fischer win over Tal from Curacao 1962, showing how Fischer, after an umpromising opening, grinds away at the position and finally comes away with a win. It's a good reminder that one of Fischer's greatest assets was his relentless, implacable will to win.
Kasparov does a pretty thorough job on the Candidates matches that finally brought Fischer a match for the world title. It is on these matches - the 6-0 crushes of Taimanov and Larsen - that Fischer's legend is founded. The games are extraordinary and since they postdate Fischer's own My 60 Memorable Games, I was not so familiar with them. Kasparov outdoes himself. Game 1 of the match is annotated for eight pages. It is by no means a one-sided struggle. As readers of Bronstein's book on the 1953 Candidates tournament know, Taimanov was a gifted attacking player, and with white in this game he went all out, sacrificing a pawn for strong attacking chances. Fischer, of course, met him head on. As Kasparov shows, Fischer ran huge risks throughout, and Taimanov missed chances to gain a clear advantage. But in time pressure, Taimanov cracked, and Fischer won the ferocious struggle. Other games in the match are analyzed with similar thoroughness.
A second, wholly unexpected strength of the book is the biography of Fischer. The book contains quotes from source material not included in previous books about Fischer, including Profile of a Prodigy, Bobby Fischer vs. the Rest of the World and Bobby Fischer Goes to War. My favorite was a 1963 letter from Fischer to Larry Evans that vividly demonstrates Fischer's work ethic: "I am mainly occupying my time by studying old openings books and believe it or not I am learning a lot! They don't waste space on the Catalan, Reti, King's Indian Reversed and other rotten openings." Another: "Dear Larry, I am up here at yyour father's office still working on the Keres-Reshevsky game! . . . About the books: I would like the book on Anderssen's games by von Gotschall also the 1872 Bilguer's handbuch also the book on Cochrane's games interests me." (315) This is something Kasparov can appreciate, since he famously revived the old Scotch Game.
So, I warmly recommend the book, with a few minor criticisms. I think Kasparov is a little too eager to demonstrate that Fischer's overwhelming successes from 1970 through 1972 were the result of his opponents' psychological weaknesses as well as Fischer's own strength. Sometimes this leads him into dubious assertions. For example, annotating Smyslov's loss to Fischer at the Palma interzonal, Kasparov criticizes Smyslov's 7th move, Na4, writing: "A very strange, passive plan. Smyslov is afraid of entering into a theoretical discussion with Fischer, but in so doing, and this is altogether atypical of him, he disrupts the harmonious coordination of his pieces." (357) At the end of his notes to the game, Kasparov writes, "Even such a battle-hardened and illustrious fighter as Smyslov played with a feeling of doom against Fischer." (358) But Smyslov opened the same way against Tal in 1964, a game annotated in an earlier volume of OMGP! Evidently this approach to the opening is not so rare for Smylov, and it is difficult to believe that Smyslov was feeling particularly doomed against Fischer that day. Annotating a Petrosian-Fischer game from 1970, Kasparov criticizes Petrosian's 13th move, trading off a well-placed knight, and writes "apparently, Petrosian was thinking only of a draw . . .". A few moves later Petrosian launches an all-out attack. Betraying no discomfort, Kasparov comments "White has nevertheless pushed forward. . .". (342).
Another anomaly is his treatment Fischer's style. Kasparov echoes many commentators when he says that Fischer evinced a strong preference for the light-square bishop over the knight, comparing him to Rubinstein in this regard. However, Kasparov also quotes extensively from a "dossier" Botvinnik assembled for his planned match with Fischer, at one point calling it a "subtle and professional analysis." Well, although Kasparov never points this out, in the dossier, Botvinnik wrote that a study of Fischer's games showed that he preferred knights to bishops! This is so at odds with the conventional wisdom and with Kasparov's book that it is very strange that he didn't even mention it.
In any case, these are quibbles. I loved OMGP IV and recommend it highly.
31 of 35 people found the following review helpful.
A good read
By M. A Oberly
I was not planning on buying these books, just based on some of the lukewarm reviews, and also on the fact that I already have quite a few of the games in other books in my library. I ended up browsing one of them in a bookstore, and was impressed enough that I bought them all. I recently read that Kasparov was planning on revising the first two volumes because he wasn't as happy with them as he was with the latter two. I would agree with this,as the volumes concerning Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer et al seem a lot more fleshed out.
I wasn't particularly interested in this volume, since so much has been written about Fischer through the years -- what more is there to say? Surprisingly, I found a lot of Kasparov's (or Kasparov and company) comments interesting and penetrating. For whatever reasons, Fischer has always inspired an insane amount of hero worship and mythology around himself, and so any book taking an objective look at his career is bound to upset or disappoint some people. To those who have written that Kasparov is unfair to Fischer in this book, I have to disagree -- if anything, he is generous. I thought Kasparov was much harder on another great player, Capablanca.
There is a lot of lengthy analysis in this book, as in the previous volumes, and most of it seems to be original, as opposed to many of the annotations in the first two volumes. As for possible analytical mistakes, these are to be expected in any chess book. I don't particularly care if someone's desktop computer program finds some mistake in a branch of a variation several moves down -- to those who wish to pick nits like that, I'd advise them to run their anlysis engines to their heart's content. I'm more interested in Kasparov's commentary (or, again,Kasparov and company...it's not always clear if it's solely Kasparov), and I thought Kasparov did a superb job on most of these games, as he did in the Petrosian/Spassky volume.
In the recent volumes, Kasparov will often conclude the section on a player with an essay on his style, or personal remembrances. These,to me,are the true strength of these books, and also a reason why the first volume is not as good as the later volumes. I would love to have Kasparov's thoughts on Lasker's style, for example, but he never really gets into it. His essay on Fischer is perceptive and accurate, in my opinion.
I also very much enjoyed this book's section on Reshevsky, and I learned some things I didn't know about this great player. A complaint about all of these books is that there are occasional inexcusable historical mistakes. I didn't see any glaring mistakes in this volume, but I wouldn't be surprised if there are a few, going by the series' past history.
The major criticism that can be leveled against these books is that they straddle the hardcore/casual chess fan fence, and so they are likely to disappoint many in both camps. I think these are great reads,especially the latter two books. I would advise waiting for the revised versions of the first two books.
30 of 36 people found the following review helpful.
Great Book
By book fan
Contrary to the other reviews that found Kasparov's writing "vindictive" towards Fischer, I thought it was very even-handed. Those critics seem to want the same blind hero-worship of Fischer that has come before.
I am a great fan of Fischer's. I come from his home borough. I know people who knew him, being only a few years younger. So any criticsms in this book kind of sting me. But they are true.
Let's face it. He didn't play Karpov because he was afraid to lose. Kasparov states it bluntly (as is his style), and it's about time somebody did. The fact is, Fischer would have crushed Karpov had he been active in 1972-1974, but, as Kasparov implies, one can't sit out for three years and expect to retain the championship.
In fact, I found Kasparov overly generous in his book, especially considering the blistering and outrageous insults Fischer has thrown at him. I thought this was very classy. To be truthful, I didn't expect Kasparov to show such restraint, but he did. Again, I think the book is very fair towards Fischer.
Chesswise, I think Kasparov has given Fischer his positive due throughout a large part of this book, acknowledging Fischer as a true pioneer of chess in the 60's. It's only fair to write the bad with the good.
As far as the analysis, I am only a 2000 player, I don't delve deeply into the extreme accuracy, nor do I apply the computer to such analysis. I'll just say that the book is certainly good enough to me to learn from.
Oh, I left out how extremely entertaining this book is. Any chess fan above, say, 1500 rating, should enjoy it.
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