With 61 games in all, it was a fascinating tour of chess. Then a number of example games are presented to show how those style developments influenced the play, changed the course of the game, and brought us to where modern chess is today. Max Euwe and John Nunn take us from the early 1600s with games unearthed from manuscripts written by Greco, through a parade of grandmaster and world champion games to the then-present day of Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, and Veselin Topalov.Įach time period is introduced with a few pages explaining who were the strongest players of the day, and how they went about discovering new facets of the game and moving it forward with improvements and discoveries in positional play, tactical calculations, and precise technique. It was written by two prolific chess authors and grandmasters.
This book is not so much about learning or improving at chess, but discovering the rich history of chess and how the game changed and grew throughout the centuries. Besides, one of these books is more about the history of chess, so it's only downside to being older is that it doesn't include more current developments. Chess as a game is still progressing and theory changes, but the fundamentals are solid.
That doesn't mean they're obsolete, because plenty of good chess books are also classics.
Both of these books are somewhat older, being written in 19, respectively. Now I'll put that new feature to use while discussing a couple of chess books I've read recently: The Development of Chess Style by Max Euwe and John Nunn and Chess Endings: Essential Knowledge by Yuri Averbakh. I thought it would be fun to review and compare some of them, which is why I explored how to add JavaScript chess boards to the blog in my last article. I've been getting back into chess lately, after taking a break for a couple years, and to get back up to speed, I've been reading quite a few chess books.
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