Vishy Anand: World Chess Champion Vishy Anand & John Nunn The greatest chess-player of his generation

Spectacular games, annotated by GM Nunn and Anand himself

A much-expanded new edition of Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess

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Anand has been one of the worlds top players for more than two decades, and cemented his place in the all-time hall of fame by winning the unified World Championship in 2007, and successfully defending his title against Kramnik and Topalov. But its not just his results that make Anand special. His style of play leads to highly spectacular games, and his speed of thought is the stuff of legends. He is also a great explainer of ideas, as his annotations for this book demonstrate. Anand is renowned as Mr Nice Guy, popular with both the public and his fellow supergrandmasters.Comparative Titles: Garry Kasparovs Greatest Chess Games, volume 1 (Stohl) ISBN 978-1-904600-32-9Understanding Chess Move by Move (Nunn) ISBN 978-1-901983-41-8About the Authors:Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand comes from southern India and is the greatest chess-player of his generation. Having shot to fame as a child, playing master-standard chess at lightning speed, he became a grandmaster in 1987. Anand contested his first world championship match in 1995, and won the FIDE Championship in 2000. He has been World Champion since 2007, and has won many elite-level tournaments throughout his long career. Grandmaster John Nunn is a three-time World Chess Solving Champion, and is famous for the quality of his chess writing. Publication Date: APRIL 2012 978-1-906454-32-6 * 544 pp * 5.7 x 8.3 * $29.95 pb ($34.50 Canada) DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA BY PERSEUS DISTRIBUTION. TO ORDER CONTACT YOUR PERSEUS SALES REPRESENTATIVE ON TEL 800-343-4499, FAX 800-351-5073 OR E-MAIL orderentry@perseusbooks.com

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