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Recounts the career of the best player in the West for much of the 1970's and 80's. This volume includes 100 of Jan Timman's greatest games with instructive commentary accompanied by many interesting stories. This is a book that belongs in the library of every chess player. --John Donaldson, International master A new and splendid book by Jan Timman. Once again he shows his ability to reveal in deep analysis the hidden truth in the games. Of course, in between the games there is ample room for fascinating history and anecdotes. --Bab Wilders Nederlands Dahblad Just out and a candidate for chess book of the year. There is an abundance of new material, for example eighteen games form the 21st century. Every game is put in its context, often with a funny anecdote. --Dimitri Reinderman Noord-Hollands Dagblad All the games are being deeply analysed and Jan Timman is very good at that, as he already showed in his previous books. The richness of variations, the complexity of choices, the balance between calculation and intuition, it's all there. The book refers marginally to the background and the setting of the fights, the main focus is on the games themselves. Again a beautiful book by Jan. --Hans Bohm, International Master De Telegraaf Jan Timman takes the readers on a fascinating journey through more than 50 years from the good old days to modern computer times. But his play is the same: always fighting and creative. A worthy successor to Timman's Titans. --Karsten Muller, Grandmaster Author of 'Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games' This is magnificent. The book is dotted with fascinating anecdotes. Jan Timman's games reflect his adventurous outlook on life. He plays in a swashbuckling style, but always underpinned with a great strategic and positional sense. In this book you will find great positional wins and fantastic attacking chess. Timman is absolutely fearless, always prepared to sacrifice material for the initiative and for the attack. But he also enjoys the beauty in chess. The games are mainly described in words, with variations given only when things get critical. --Daniel King, Grandmaster Power Play Chess

""A new and splendid book by Jan Timman. Once again he shows his ability to reveal in deep analysis the hidden truth in the games. Of course, in between the games there is ample room for fascinating history and anecdotes.""--Bab Wilders ""Nederlands Dahblad"" ""All the games are being deeply analysed and Jan Timman is very good at that, as he already showed in his previous books. The richness of variations, the complexity of choices, the balance between calculation and intuition, it's all there. The book refers marginally to the background and the setting of the fights, the main focus is on the games themselves. Again a beautiful book by Jan.""--Hans Bohm, International Master ""De Telegraaf"" ""Jan Timman takes the readers on a fascinating journey through more than 50 years from the good old days to modern computer times. But his play is the same: always fighting and creative. A worthy successor to Timman's Titans.""--Karsten Muller, Grandmaster ""Author of 'Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games'"" ""Just out and a candidate for chess book of the year. There is an abundance of new material, for example eighteen games form the 21st century. Every game is put in its context, often with a funny anecdote.""--Dimitri Reinderman ""Noord-Hollands Dagblad"" ""Recounts the career of the best player in the West for much of the 1970's and 80's. This volume includes 100 of Jan Timman's greatest games with instructive commentary accompanied by many interesting stories. This is a book that belongs in the library of every chess player.""--John Donaldson, International master, International Master ""This is magnificent. The book is dotted with fascinating anecdotes. Jan Timman's games reflect his adventurous outlook on life. He plays in a swashbuckling style, but always underpinned with a great strategic and positional sense. In this book you will find great positional wins and fantastic attacking chess. Timman is absolutely fearless, always prepared to sacrifice material for the initiative and for the attack. But he also enjoys the beauty in chess. The games are mainly described in words, with variations given only when things get critical.""--Daniel King, Grandmaster ""Power Play Chess""

"""Recounts the career of the best player in the West for much of the 1970's and 80's. This volume includes 100 of Jan Timman's greatest games with instructive commentary accompanied by many interesting stories. This is a book that belongs in the library of every chess player.""--John Donaldson, International master ""A new and splendid book by Jan Timman. Once again he shows his ability to reveal in deep analysis the hidden truth in the games. Of course, in between the games there is ample room for fascinating history and anecdotes.""--Bab Wilders ""Nederlands Dahblad "" ""Just out and a candidate for chess book of the year. There is an abundance of new material, for example eighteen games form the 21st century. Every game is put in its context, often with a funny anecdote.""--Dimitri Reinderman ""Noord-Hollands Dagblad "" ""All the games are being deeply analysed and Jan Timman is very good at that, as he already showed in his previous books. The richness of variations, the complexity of choices, the balance between calculation and intuition, it's all there. The book refers marginally to the background and the setting of the fights, the main focus is on the games themselves. Again a beautiful book by Jan.""--Hans Bohm, International Master ""De Telegraaf "" ""Jan Timman takes the readers on a fascinating journey through more than 50 years from the good old days to modern computer times. But his play is the same: always fighting and creative. A worthy successor to Timman's Titans.""--Karsten Muller, Grandmaster ""Author of 'Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games' "" ""This is magnificent. The book is dotted with fascinating anecdotes. Jan Timman's games reflect his adventurous outlook on life. He plays in a swashbuckling style, but always underpinned with a great strategic and positional sense. In this book you will find great positional wins and fantastic attacking chess. Timman is absolutely fearless, always prepared to sacrifice material for the initiative and for the attack. But he also enjoys the beauty in chess. The games are mainly described in words, with variations given only when things get critical.""--Daniel King, Grandmaster ""Power Play Chess """

All the games are being deeply analysed and Jan Timman is very good at that, as he already showed in his previous books. The richness of variations, the complexity of choices, the balance between calculation and intuition, it's all there. The book refers marginally to the background and the setting of the fights, the main focus is on the games themselves. Again a beautiful book by Jan. --Hans Bohm, International Master De Telegraaf Jan Timman takes the readers on a fascinating journey through more than 50 years from the good old days to modern computer times. But his play is the same: always fighting and creative. A worthy successor to Timman's Titans. --Karsten Muller, Grandmaster Author of 'Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games' This is magnificent. The book is dotted with fascinating anecdotes. Jan Timman's games reflect his adventurous outlook on life. He plays in a swashbuckling style, but always underpinned with a great strategic and positional sense. In this book you will find great positional wins and fantastic attacking chess. Timman is absolutely fearless, always prepared to sacrifice material for the initiative and for the attack. But he also enjoys the beauty in chess. The games are mainly described in words, with variations given only when things get critical. --Daniel King, Grandmaster Power Play Chess

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JJan Timman is the author of highly acclaimed books such as Curacao 1962 and The Art of the Endgame. His best-selling Timmans Titans won the 2017 English Chess Federation Book of the Year Award. His previous book, The Longest Game, is a riveting account of the epic rivalry between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov.

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