Books on Karpov

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MJMcCready
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Books on Karpov

Post by MJMcCready » Sat Mar 27, 2021 2:29 am

Forgive for sounding like an inveterate consumer but I only went and bought Karpov's Strategic Wins by Karolyi without checking whether they are worth reading beforehand. Has anyone read them? If so how did you find them? It seem as though in terms of literature produced on Karpov they are worth a read but its the first time I've read anything on him which wasn't written by him. Have the aforementioned publications been bettered by anything?

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Re: Books on Karpov

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:45 am

The only book on Karpov I've read is Markland's, which I thought was pretty decent.

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Re: Books on Karpov

Post by Jacques Parry » Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:27 am

Modern Chess have a "database" (i.e. a book in pgn format) by Marin. I don't have it, but Marin is usually good value. All their stuff is currently 40% off, but they have a sale at least once a month.

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Re: Books on Karpov

Post by Mike Gunn » Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:03 am

How Karpov wins (Mednis) - 2nd ed. reprinted by Dover is OK.

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Re: Books on Karpov

Post by MJMcCready » Sat Mar 27, 2021 12:13 pm

Mike Gunn wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:03 am
How Karpov wins (Mednis) - 2nd ed. reprinted by Dover is OK.
Thanks, I'll try and take a look in due course.

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Re: Books on Karpov

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:18 pm

There is Karpov Move By Move, written by Sam Collins.

No idea how good it is, but the mere fact it isn't by Cyrus Lakdawala may be seen by some as a point in its favour.
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Re: Books on Karpov

Post by Richard Thursby » Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:52 pm

It has been a while since I dusted them off the bottom shelf of my bookcase by Garry Kasparov's coverage in My Great Predecessors (Part V, along with Korchnoi) and Modern Chess (Parts Two, Three, Four) was quite good if, by definition, not unbiased.

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Re: Books on Karpov

Post by MJMcCready » Thu Apr 01, 2021 5:38 am

Matt Mackenzie wrote:
Sat Mar 27, 2021 3:18 pm
There is Karpov Move By Move, written by Sam Collins.

No idea how good it is, but the mere fact it isn't by Cyrus Lakdawala may be seen by some as a point in its favour.
Thanks, I didn't know that book existed.