How I became World Champion Vol.1 1973-1985 metadata-enriched Smyslov's endgames

Smyslov's endgames

368 pages of worked examples and instructive positions

d2-d3 Ng8-e7 6

building a practical opening repertoire rather than overwhelming analysis

How I became World Champion Vol.1 1973-1985 metadata-enriched Smyslov's endgamesHe won the world championship title at his first attempt if you ignore the aborted title match in 1984. This made him the youngest world champion of all time. Kasparov held the title from 1985 to 2000 for 15 years , defending it several times against Anatoly Karpov, Nigel Short, Viswanathan Anand, until he finally lost it to Vladimir Kramnik. But even after that, Kasparov dominated international chess and remained number one in the FIDE world rankings