Modern Chess

Name: Modern Chess
Brand: Thinkers Publishing
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From Steinitz to the 21st Century

By: Craig Pritchett

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Paperback | 19 July 2022 | Edition Number 1

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328 Pages

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Building on a richly dynamic, mainly direct kingside attacking, so-called 'romantic' past, Wilhelm

Steinitz (1836-1900), was not just the first great player to assert the existence of an actually emerging

'modern school', but also in the vanguard of its robust, late-19th century development. Embracing a

new spirit of rigorous scientific enquiry, Steinitz established a much firmer positional basis for chess,

a pivotal change.

Greatly inspired by his two most brilliant predecessors, Adolf Anderssen (1818-1879) and Paul

Morphy (1837-1884), who were both undeniably on much the same wave-length, Steinitz largely set

the post-romantic, early modern template to which we all still essentially defer nowadays. To Steinitz,

strategy and tactics were simply two sides of the same complex chess coin.

Unusually innovative, analytically concrete and hard-working, Steinitz reconciled profound new

insights into the game's positional-structural character with a matchless capacity to take boldly

imaginative leaps, minimise serious error and simply battle. Good judgement, planning and

manoeuvring skills were henceforth to remain as essential to the complete player's armoury as

inspired combinative flight.

Consider the following game, one of 75 main annotated games discussed (at greater length) in my

book; some old classics, others less known, each of which I hope readers will approach with freshly

critical eyes, open to new inspiration and insight. I have no particular favourite but I will admit to

having long been in awe of this game, in which Steinitz achieves one of the greatest ever chess

historical anticipations.

Industry Reviews

I wanted to share news of a very
interesting new book: "Modern Chess: From Steinitz to the 21st
Century" by International Master Craig Pritchett. This Thinkers Publishing
title is exactly what it sounds like, and has something for chess enthusiasts
of all levels: Some history, some culture, some famous games we ought to have
seen but maybe haven't, some instruction. The author's love for chess history
and admiration for the giants of the game really shines through. I can
definitely see it becoming one of my favorites.

I have already been enjoying the book in
a few ways: Using some moments from the earlier, more direct games with
some of my inexperienced students, reading the historical segments for
pleasure, and studying some mid 20th Century games myself or with a friend. MASTER CHESS USA March 2022

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