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Najdorf X Najdorf (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781941270394)
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x"CHESS, EASY GAME!" -- MIGUEL EL GRANDE
Among major chess figures of the 20th century, few stand out more than Miguel Najdorf. One of the world's best players for decades, he was also one of the most active and colorful. And his life, both at the chessboard and away from it, was rich in experience, both joyful and deeply painful.
In this biography, Najdorf's daughter Liliana paints an intimate portrait of her larger-than life father. She writes about him, warts and all, showing us her father as a man both greatly talented and deeply flawed, a man at once loving and rage-prone, noble and petty, generous and selfish, jovial but despotic, earthy but vain, exuberant yet deeply sad. A genius who could conduct 40 blindfold games simultaneously and memorize long strings of random numbers, yet forgot where he parked his car.
For the English-language edition, Dutch grandmaster Jan Timman has prepared a selection of annotated games and an in-depth foreword. These are complemented nicely by several historical essays, while many photographs round out this engrossing biography of one of the world's most fascinating chessplayers of the 20th century.
Author: Liliana Najdorf
ISBN-10: 1941270395
ISBN-13: 9781941270394
Publisher: Russell Enterprises
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2016
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.60d
Among major chess figures of the 20th century, few stand out more than Miguel Najdorf. One of the world's best players for decades, he was also one of the most active and colorful. And his life, both at the chessboard and away from it, was rich in experience, both joyful and deeply painful.
In this biography, Najdorf's daughter Liliana paints an intimate portrait of her larger-than life father. She writes about him, warts and all, showing us her father as a man both greatly talented and deeply flawed, a man at once loving and rage-prone, noble and petty, generous and selfish, jovial but despotic, earthy but vain, exuberant yet deeply sad. A genius who could conduct 40 blindfold games simultaneously and memorize long strings of random numbers, yet forgot where he parked his car.
For the English-language edition, Dutch grandmaster Jan Timman has prepared a selection of annotated games and an in-depth foreword. These are complemented nicely by several historical essays, while many photographs round out this engrossing biography of one of the world's most fascinating chessplayers of the 20th century.
Author: Liliana Najdorf
ISBN-10: 1941270395
ISBN-13: 9781941270394
Publisher: Russell Enterprises
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2016
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.60d
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