| "Chess, like music, like love, has the power to make men happy." -Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch
Learn Great Chess from the Greatest Chess Teacher
Grandmaster Siegbert Tarrasch, in Three Hundred Chess Games takes the combinational school of Paul Morphy and combines it with the positional school founded by Wilhelm Steinitz. The result is a powerful system of chess play utilized by the greatest masters since the turn of the twentieth century. Dr. Tarrasch's system reflects the entire store of knowledge of chess up to the hypermodern era.
His unique opening idea, the Tarrasch Defense to the Queen's Gambit, (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5) remains popular to this day in Grandmaster chess.
This masterpiece, 300 Chess Games was referred to by Grandmaster Reuben Fine as "...one of the monuments of the game." Chess players of all strengths can greatly increase their understanding of the game of chess by simply playing through and enjoying these masterful games. Dr. Tarrasch, weaves a fascinating and witty autobiographical sketch as he lays out his system of chess play.
Now available for the first time in English, Three Hundred Chess Games is a must for every serious chess player's library!
Author: Siegbert Tarrasch Title: Grandmaster Published: 1999 Pages: 365 Annotation: AN |