About this title: How does one determine the "best" chess games? What one may see as brilliant, another may see as simply necessary. Like some art lovers, chess fans claim that they know a good game when they see it, and that they know better from good. But "best"? How is this articulated? This book, itself a work of art, is brought together by the use of five criteria: the overall aesthetics (clever and relentless are insufficient qualities); the originality (e.g., not yet another white knight sacrifice in a Sicilian); the level of opposition (the loser played very well); the soundness (i.e., Are the moves ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc Pub
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780786427413ISBN:0786427418
Description: New. How does one determine the? best? chess games? Like some art lovers, chess fans claim that they know a good game when they see it, and that they know better from good. But how is? best? articulated? This book uses five criteria: the overall aesthetic... read more
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