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In ""Champions of the New Millennium"" three accomplished authors present the eighteen best chess players in the world today. Each player is introduced with an illuminating profile, and then four of his or her finest games are explained in depth. These players are: The current top ten: Anand, Kramnik, Topalov, Morozevich, Svidler, Mamedyarov, Shirov, Leko, Ivanchuk, Aronian. The stars likely to dominate the next decade: Karjakin, Carlsen, Radjabov, Wang Yue, Ponomariov and Grischuk. The best female player ever, Judit Polgar. And finally, World Championship finalist and comeback kid, American star Gata Kamsky. This is the ideal guide to who's who in modern chess.

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Exceptional photographs enhance the content... an outstanding book, a beautiful gallery of great players. GM Lubomir Kavalek, The Washington Post A great book... full of glittering games. GM Jonathan Rowson, New in Chess

Exceptional photographs enhance the content... an outstanding book, a beautiful gallery of great players. GM Lubomir Kavalek, The Washington Post A great book... full of glittering games. GM Jonathan Rowson, New in Chess

""Exceptional photographs enhance the content... an outstanding book, a beautiful gallery of great players."" GM Lubomir Kavalek, The Washington Post ""A great book... full of glittering games."" GM Jonathan Rowson, New in Chess

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Lubomir Ftacnik is a grandmaster from Slovakia. Despite his numerous international tournament victories, from European Junior Champion in 1977 to winning the World Open in 2008, he is most famous as an opening analyst. Danny Kopec is an American International Master of chess, an experienced author, and a professor of Computer Science Walter Browne is a Grandmaster and six-time US Chess Champion.

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