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Genius in the Background

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ISBN-10: 1906552371

ISBN-13: 9781906552374

Edition: 2009

Authors: Tibor Karolyi, Nick Aplin, Andrew Greet, Colin McNab

List price: $29.95
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Genius in the Background introduces brilliant chess that will be unfamiliar to even well-read chessplayers. Twelve chess stars are profiled with examples of their greatest achievements, but these stars are not famous they are geniuses who stay in the background. For example, Pervakov and Afek are not household names but they compose chess studies and puzzles of such elegance and cleverness that they deserve to be famous. Top players such as Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov may be famous names to chess fans, but they did not become World Champions without great help two of their coaches are profiled in this book and provide insights into the education of a chess champion. A broad range of…    
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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Quality Chess UK LLP
Publication date: 11/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.540