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Summary: Worth 3 times its price
Review: ..and they're are not many chess books you can say that about. Rich, explanatory descriptions (in words, rather than symbols) of middlegame positions; including the most concise description of the themes behind the King's Indian I have ever seen.
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Summary: Bronstein's 1953 Zurich Interzonal
Review: Amazingly simple and down to earth. This book is very entertaining.
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Summary: Most instructional book imaginable
Review: And fun too!
For anyone rated 1600+ this will be one of the most instructive books you will find. Bronstein uses the games of the tournament as a basis for a textbook on the middlegame. Some games get extensive notes, some light. It just depends on what ideas he finds in the game that are worth expounding! The annotations are always heavy on the idea and goals of the moves. Plus there are a lot of interesting games, with all the top players of the 50s (except Botvinnik): Smyslov (overpowereing here), Keres, Geller, Petrosian, Ktovo, Bronstein, Reshevsky.Cheap too!
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Summary: One of the great tournament books of all time.
Review: Bronstein is, with Alekhine, one of the great annotators
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Summary: Words alone are not sufficient ...
Review: David Bronstein has written one of the great chess books of all time. It is a great story, a classic tournament, and a very good read. It will also improve your chess. Any true believer will want this book. (Also ... please read the OTHER reviews on this page carefully. I have not made my review here too long, as many other people have said just about everything that needs to be said about this book.) If you are trying to improve your understanding of the game, you will definitely want to get this book. A great TEACHING vehicle and a look into the minds and thoughts of some of the best players of that era. It is also a snapshot in time.
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Summary: One of the best books ever written
Review: Deep analisys, not Informant style but deep written and analized. Yes, openings are old, more than 50 years ago. But strategy's analisys is wonderful.
Bronstein is one of the best authors ever.
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Summary: Best book on chess ever written.
Review: Delightful tournament book. Besides the fact that the general quality of the games was great, the commentary was even better! Pages of explanations of the plans involved (no Hubner-like bushes of variations, but plain English (sorry: Russian ..), deep insights in the actaul ideas behind the openings and games in general) and interesting details about the players. An immortal book. By an immortal man ...
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Summary: games good- annotation better!!
Review: even though i have only completed about 15 games of this book it has so far been very educational. i am near a 2000 level player and am shocked by why i dont know! this book is one the highest recommend by IMs that i ask- it is considered required reading by them and i can see why. at such a inexpensive price if you want to improve your chess please do not forget to pick this up!
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Summary: The book that helped me gain 256 rating points in 4 months.
Review: GM Bronstein has become somewhat forgotten in chess history, though he drew Botvinnik in the 1951 World Championship Match 12-12. In this book he TEACHES POSITIONAL PLAY. I am not a huge fan of game collections, but this is absolutely the best I have ever read: I consider it better than Alekhine's two-volume set. Please, please buy this book ..., as in 1997 it helped me go from USCF Class "e" to Class "D"--256 points! More than any other chess book I have ever read (and I have read probably 150+) it has influenced my current style of play. This main thing this book does is that it helps the serious reader develop a FEEL for positional play. Bronstein was of course one of the tournament's participants, but the book is, in my view, entirely unbiased. This book is better than Niemzowitsch's MY SYSTEM (overrated--CHESS PRAXIS by the same author is better, but that is another story). I also think it is better than THE AMATEUR'S MIND and HOW TO REASSESS YOUR CHESS, two fantastic books. What else can I say? Indispensible. Tremendous. There are no other words to describe it.
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Summary: It was a long struggle, but it was worth it
Review: Hello. My name is James Marfia - a former chess Master, formerState Chess Champion, and the translator of "Zurich 1953". Iam prouder of this last achievement than of anything I ever accomplished over the board. It was a five-year task, putting David Bronstein's wonderful original through several drafts, then getting it edited into publishable form by the best editor in the world, Mr. Jack O'Keefe. But I have never regretted the labor and time spent, because the result was an English-language (and therefore infinitely more accessible) version of one of the greatest chess books ever written. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have. END
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