Modern Chess - From Steinitz to the 21st Century (Paperback)

The revolutionary Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900) considered himself to be in the vanguard of an emerging, late-19th century 'Modern' school, which embraced a new, essentially scientific vitality in its methods of research, analysis, evaluation, planning, experiment and even belligerent fight. Steinitz, who dominated the chess world in the shadow of a more directly attacking, openly tactical and combinative, so-called 'romantic' age, established a much firmer positional basis to chess. A pivotal change! This book follows that story, both before and beyond Steinitz's early 'modern' era, focusing closely on the subtly varied ways in which the world's greatest players in the last two centuries have thought about and played the game, moving it forward. The author reflects on all sixteen 'classical' world champions and others, notably: C-L. M. de la Bourdonnais, Adolf Anderssen, Paul Morphy, Siegbert Tarrasch, Aron Nimzowitsch, Richard Reti, Judit Polgar and the contemporary Artificial Intelligence phenomenon, AlphaZero. Be inspired by this exploration of the 'modern' game's roots and trajectory!

General

Imprint:	Thinkers Publishing
Country of origin:	Belgium
Release date:	February 2023
Authors:	Craig Pritchett
Dimensions:	234 x 170 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	328
ISBN-13:	978-9464201437
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Hobbies, quizzes & games > Indoor games > Board games > Chess Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN:	9464201436
Barcode:	9789464201437

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