By J H Donner; Richard de Weger; Tim Krabbé; et al
This can be the main outrageous chess publication that money can purchase! Dutch readers have the writing of the mythical, overdue J. H. Donner for many years. Witty, opinionated, occasionally cranky, he was once by no means uninteresting -- continuously enjoyable to learn. here's a choice of his most sensible essays translated into English. We name it the Chess publication of the Century. restricted printing
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A sensible player, however, will operate above all with patience and 'diplomacy ' and certainly not act on Diemer's motto 'to play for mate from the first move ' . But there is great charm in games where one of the players doesn' t operate sensibly and yet wins. It should be kept in mind that what Diemer advocates is nothing new at all . When chess i n its present form , at the time o f the Renaissance, was still very young, all players played like Diemer. El Greco and Ruy Lopez had similar ope nings, which they analysed very deeply and which were in line with this idea to attack from the very first move.
He realized too late �hat he was confronting someone who represented something different in the "ame of chess from what he was used to . The time of circumspect chess is past. Something that previous generations frowned upon has entered the most intel lectual sport on earth. Tal is only 2 3 years old - younger than any world champion before him. He d the game from his father at an early age and a useful study with the Lat arne le vian champion Koblents soon propelled him into the highest spheres of Soviet, and subsequently world chess.
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