Learn from the Legends - Mihail Marin (10th Anniversary Edition) - Hardback

Learn from the Legends 3rd edition by Mihail Marin

‘Learn from the Legends’ is a modern classic. ChessCafe chose it as their Book of the Year and IM Jeremy Silman went even further when he wrote: I cant recall having seen a better book in the last two decades. Ten years after the original publication, Quality Chess is proud to offer a revised hardback edition with a new chapter on the latest chess legend, Magnus Carlsen.

Mihail Marin examines and explains the ideas of the legends who shaped modern chess. The chapters in this book discuss:

• Rubinsteins excellent rook endgame technique
• Alekhines expertise with the heavy pieces
• Botvinniks ability for deep analysis
• Tals handling of heavy pieces vs. minor pieces
• Petrosians positional exchange sacrifices
• Fischers strength with the kings bishop
• Karpovs handling of bishops of opposite colour
• Korchnoi the rebel
• Carlsen the new king

Mihail Marin is a grandmaster from Romania. His books for Quality Chess have established him as one of the world’s finest chess authors.

VIEW PDF SAMPLE

ISBN: 978-1-78483-004-5, Hardback, 480 pages, Quality Chess