Learn from Bent Larsen

Blant mange bøker med Bent Larsens partier er denne ekstra dyptpløyende seriøs, fra den anerkjente sjakkforfatteren GM Mihail Marin. Fine analyser både verbalt og naturlig konkret med analysemotorer som ekstra hjelp.

Forlagets egen omtale:

Bent Larsen is one of the most celebrated chess players of the twentieth century. Larsen is the man who pushed Bobby Fischer down to Board 2 on the Rest of the World team in 1970. The Danish grandmaster had spectacular results, but chess fans appreciated even more his creativity and fighting spirit. For Larsen, a drawish-looking position was no reason to halt a game, as he had the ability to create magic out of thin air.

Learn from Bent Larsen is a labour of love by award-winning author Mihail Marin. This project was originally planned as one chapter in a book about several players, but as ever more gems emerged, it became clear that Bent Larsen deserved a book of his own.

Mihail Marin is a grandmaster from Romania. His books for Quality Chess have established him as one of the world’s finest chess authors.

Starten av forordet:

Bent Larsen – A missed acquaintance

Coincidence decreed that on both occasions when, using South American terminology, I crossed the “puddle” to visit Argentina, it was to act as a second during World Championship-level events. In 2005, I was Judit Polgar’s second at the World Championship in San Luis, and four years later I accompanied Daniele Vocaturo and our friend and manager, Yuri Garrett, to the Under-20 World Championship in Puerto Madryn.

Even in our modern times, such a long trip can turn out differently than planned, and in 2009 Yuri had to rebook our return tickets from Buenos Aires. Due to the circumstances, I flew back to Europe one day earlier than my Italian friends, which resulted in me missing an episode I would gladly have been part of.

During their last evening spent in the Argentinian metropolis, Yuri and Daniele paid a visit to the Danish legend Bent Larsen. Memory is known to play unexpected tricks sometimes. Being familiar with his numerous pictures in chess magazines since my early teenage years, I was for many years convinced that I had occasionally seen Larsen after I entered the international arena, as I had the fortunate opportunity to do with many other great players from his generation, or even older.Checkin

Innholdet:

005 Preface

009 1. A Boundless Optimist

035 2. Initiative and Accuracy

063 3. Larsen’s Hypermodern Approach

099 4. Advancing the Rook Pawns

123 5. Endgames the Larsen Way

159 6. Transformations

229 7. A World Title Contender’s Biography

271 8. Tests

277 9. Solutions

293 Appendix A – A Brief Biography

294 Appendix B – Notable Results

298 Bibliography