Reviews for Second Piatigorsky Cup

The average rating for Second Piatigorsky Cup based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-07-21 00:00:00 Frederic Bangerter Irresistible force meets immovable object, part 5. Kasparov astonished everyone by using the Scotch, an opening which had been regarded as more or less harmless for decades. He scored an important win in a game that went down to an ending with an extra exchange and one g-pawn each. Many experts thought Karpov was going to be able to hold, but Kasparov played with machine-like accuracy and found a zugzwang. The other famous game from this match is the one where Kasparov, black, plays a positional sacrifice of the queen for a bishop, knight and pawn - possibly the only time this has ever happened in a World Championship match. It looked risky at first, but after a few moves it became apparent that he had all the chances. This time, though, Karpov held on and drew. The annotations are on the sketchy side, but the story is so good that the book is well worth reading. I presume, though, that it has now been superseded by the relevant volume of Kasparov's Modern Chess series.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-02-13 00:00:00 Dave Fawns I generally like Pandolfini's books, but this one is too elementary, even for a complete beginner.