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Karpov's Strategic Wins 2 - The Prime Years by Tibor Karolyi is an English-language chess book on Anatoly Karpov’s strategic wins, focused on his prime years from 1986 to 2010.
What this book covers
This second volume in Karolyi’s series looks at Karpov’s mature years, when he produced many of the positional masterpieces that still stand as model examples of strategic play, prophylaxis, restricting counterplay and building an advantage step by step. The coverage also includes Linares 1994, a tournament performance widely regarded as one of the strongest in chess history.
Karolyi does more than present the game scores. He explains the ideas behind the moves in detail, making the book a practical study resource for players who want to understand positional chess more deeply and improve their own decision-making over the board.
About the author
Tibor Karolyi is an International Master from Budapest and the 1984 Hungarian champion. He is also known as a respected chess author and as a former trainer of Peter Leko.
This is a book for readers who want to work through annotated games carefully and spend time on the commentary. It is a strong choice for club players, coaches and anyone studying master-level positional chess.
Edition details
- Product type: chess book
- Title: Karpov's Strategic Wins 2 - The Prime Years
- Author: Tibor Karolyi
- Volume: 2
- Language: English
- Binding: paperback
- Pages: 576
- Publication date: 6 May 2011
- ISBN: 978-1-906552-42-8
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