Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games Vol 2

Igor Stahl

"I love chess, and there is arguable no better chess player than Gary Kasparov. By reading this book, not only did I want to get a better sense of the history of the game -- or the modern history of the game -- I want to become a better chess player.

Igor Stohl presents the material by taking a look at Kasparov's games post his winning the world title from Anatoly Karpov in the middle to late 90's; they had basically five matches in the early to mid 80's with Kasparov becoming the winner.

I think the book is very readable for chess players. It's in algebraic notation -- algebraic notation is not necessarily for non-chess players to read. There is a lot of commentary given for a number of the different moves, so we can understand why, or what Kasparov was thinking. So there's a lot of psychology behind chess; and it's not just about trying to calculate and figure out the best move, but sometimes it's just trying to play against the other person, and so that was noted as well.

If you are a chess player, this is a must-have book. I think Stohl is one of the best chess writers around; it's clear that he took a lot of time to make this book and did a really solid job in terms of making, of doing the analysis of getting Kasparov's input. For a chess book, I would rate this book at 4½ stars. I would suggest it for a chess player with a rating of over 1700."

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