Catalogue
Zenon Franco, grandmaster and top-level trainer, guides you through 50 world-class games. He challenges you to guess key moves correctly, and poses questions at critical moments. Points are awarded for good answers, and at the end of each game, a score-chart rates your performance.
The games are chosen for their instructive value, and are designed to test every facet of your chess skills. Some are smooth positional crushes, others violent attacking games, while many are varied struggles demanding great flexibility of thought. In some cases you will need to make the right transition into an endgame and handle the ensuing technical phase with accuracy. Throughout, Franco's guiding hand will be there, as he has striven to anticipate the pitfalls into which his readers might fall, and to provide appropriate tips and suggestions.
The material in this book represents the pick of the monthly articles that Franco has written for a quarter of a century in Spanish-language magazines, which he has revised and rechecked for this book. The players featured in the 50 games include most of the greats of modern chess.
List of Content
005 Symbols
006 Bibliography
007 Foreword
1 Positional Play
009 1: Em.Lasker-Forgacs, St Petersburg 1909
Ruy Lopez [C62]
013 2: Em.Lasker-Tartakower, Mährisch-Ostrau 1923
Caro-Kann Defence [B13]
017 3: Boleslavsky-L.Steiner, Saltsjöbaden IZ1948
Sicilian Defence [B85]
022 4: Euwe-Boleslavsky, Zürich Ct 1953
King's Indian Defence [E67]
027 5: Smyslov-Botvinnik, Moscow Wch (1) 1958
Caro-Kann Defence [B11]
032 6: Korchnoi-Gheorghiu, Bucharest 1968
Slav Defence [D94]
036 7: Gligoric-Smyslov, Amsterdam 1971
Queen's Gambit [D07]
041 8: Korchnoi-Gliksman, Sarajevo 1969
Slav Defence [D94]
045 9: Polugaevsky-Planinc, Skopje 1971
Réti Opening [A07]
049 10: Ciocaltea-Najdorf, Nice OL 1974
Sicilian Defence [B99]
053 11: R.Byrne-Vaganian, Moscow 1975
French Defence [C19]
057 12: Polugaevsky-Korchnoi, USSR Cht 1975
English Opening [A26]
061 13: Polugaevsky-Petrosian, Moscow 1981
Queen's Indian Defence [E12]
065 14: Short-Timman, Reykjavik 1987
French Defence [C19]
069 15: Polugaevsky-H.Olafsson, Akureyri 1988
English Opening [A13]
074 16: Polugaevsky-Wedberg, Haninge 1988
Modern Benoni [A79]
078 17: Korchnoi-Nikolic, Barcelona 1989
Old Indian Defence [B07]
083 18: Dolmatov-I.Zaitsev, Moscow 1992
Ruy Lopez [C92]
088 19: Karpov-Dolmatov, Dortmund 1993
King's Indian Defence [E89]
093 20: Kramnik-Serper, Dortmund 1993
Queen's Gambit [D38]
097 21: M.Gurevich-Hjartarson, Munich 1993
King's Indian Defence [E94]
102 22: Kasparov-Shirov, Novgorod 1994
English Opening [A21]
108 23: Hertneck-Karpov, Bundesliga 1993/4
Nimzo-Indian Defence [E39]
114 24: Kramnik-Piket, Dortmund 1995
Catalan Opening [E05]
121 25: Leko-Beliavsky, Bled OL 2002
Ruy Lopez [C95]
124 26: Anand-Markowski, Bundesliga 2003/4
Sicilian Defence [B42]
128 27: I.Sokolov-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2004
Queen's Indian Defence [E12]
2 Tactical and/or Attacking Games
132 28: Robatsch-Fischer, Havana 1965
Sicilian Defence [B 86]
137 29: Korchnoi-Gligoric, Havana 1969
King's Indian Defence [E97]
142 30: Dorfman-Kupreichik, USSR 1980
King's Indian Defence [E97]
146 31: Yusupov-Tseshkovsky, USSR Ch 1987
Grünfeld Defence [D87]
151 32: Korchnoi-Ljubojevic, Tilburg 1987
Nimzo-Indian Defence [E56]
156 33: Chernin-J.Polgar, New Delhi 1990
King's Indian Defence [E90]
160 34: Rogers-Milos, Manila OL 1992
Queen's Pawn [A41]
164 35: Franco-Tukmakov, Las Palmas 1992
Queen's Gambit [D30]
168 36: Shirov-Svidler, Tilburg 1997
Sicilian Defence [B43]
173 37: Bareev-Rozentalis, Pula Echt 1997
English Opening [A13]
187 38: Kasparov-Kasimdzhanov, Wijk aan Zee 1999
Grünfeld Defence [D72]
183 39: Sakaev-Belov, Russian Ch 2003
Grünfeld Defence [D87]
188 40: Gelfand-Graf, Plovdiv Echt 2003
Queen's Gambit [D37]
193 41: Rublevsky-Lputian, Poikovsky 2003
French Defence [C03]
197 42: Svidler-Volkov, Russian Ch 2003
French Defence [C02]
202 43: Shirov-Atalik, Plovdiv Echt 2003
French Defence [C16]
207 44: Ivanisevic-Nisipeanu, Istanbul Ech 2003
Nimzo-Indian Defence [E32]
3 Endgames
211 45: Polugaevsky-Ivkov, Hilversum 1973
Catalan Opening [E05]
216 46: Uhlmann-Gulko, Niksic 1978
English Opening [A 17]
221 47: Karpov-Seirawan, Skellefted 1989
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D20]
225 48: Vaganian-Shirov, Manila OL 1992
Slav Defence [D23]
230 49: Karpov-Knaak, Baden-Baden 1992
Semi-Slav Defence [D45]
235 50: Svidler-Kasparov, Linares 1999
Sicilian Defence [B53]
239 Index of Players
240 Index of Openings
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