In the past great tournaments were followed by great tournament books, such as "Zürich 1953", but in the last few decades tournament books have gradually disappeared because of the huge effort they demand from the authors. This book about the 2005 World Championship marks the return of outstanding tournament books, and is about a truly outstanding chess tournament.
San Luis 2005 was the chess tournament of the decade. The Bulgarian Grandmaster Veselin Topalov won the tournament by a huge margin, proving himself a worthy successor to previous World Champions such as Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov.
In this ambitious work Alik Gershon and Igor Nor analyse and explain all the games from the tournament. Their in-depth coverage of the occasion and the many colour photographs of the event and Argentinean scenery give the reader the sensation of actually having been present at the tournament.
Alik Gershon is a chess grandmaster from Israel. He has been a junior World Champion twice, and is a former Israeli Champion. He is currently studying Software Engineering at the faculty of Afeka College, Tel Aviv.
Igor Nor is a highly respected Israeli chess trainer.
Content
005 Foreword by Veselin Topalov
007 Foreword by Nigel Short
013 Preface by Mihail Marin
017 Introduction
041 Round 1
067 Round 2
113 Round 3
141 Round 4
167 Round 5
197 Round 6
227 Round 7
251 Half way report
253 Round 8
279 Round 9
309 Round 10
337 Round 11
365 Round 12
391 Round 13
413 Round 14
432 Tournament table of second half
432 Afterword
433 Full tournament table
435 Chess in the new Millennium or Binary Conspiracies
441 Postscript
442 Index
San Luis 2005 was the chess tournament of the decade. The Bulgarian Grandmaster Veselin Topalov won the tournament by a huge margin, proving himself a worthy successor to previous World Champions such as Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov.
In this ambitious work Alik Gershon and Igor Nor analyse and explain all the games from the tournament. Their in-depth coverage of the occasion and the many colour photographs of the event and Argentinean scenery give the reader the sensation of actually having been present at the tournament.
Alik Gershon is a chess grandmaster from Israel. He has been a junior World Champion twice, and is a former Israeli Champion. He is currently studying Software Engineering at the faculty of Afeka College, Tel Aviv.
Igor Nor is a highly respected Israeli chess trainer.
Content
005 Foreword by Veselin Topalov
007 Foreword by Nigel Short
013 Preface by Mihail Marin
017 Introduction
041 Round 1
067 Round 2
113 Round 3
141 Round 4
167 Round 5
197 Round 6
227 Round 7
251 Half way report
253 Round 8
279 Round 9
309 Round 10
337 Round 11
365 Round 12
391 Round 13
413 Round 14
432 Tournament table of second half
432 Afterword
433 Full tournament table
435 Chess in the new Millennium or Binary Conspiracies
441 Postscript
442 Index