English edition of Najdorf's book on Zurich 1953

[Taylor Kingston]

I thought rgc readers might be interested to know that for the first
time, an English edition of GM MIguel Najdorf's book on the 1953
Neuhausen-Zürich Candidates Tournament, one of the greatest
tournaments of all time, is now available:

http://www.russell-enterprises.com/zurich53.html

The original Spanish version, titled "15 Aspirantes al Título
Mundial", was published in two volumes back around 1954. This English
edition, which it was my privilege to translate and edit, combines
both volumes and is in figurine algebraic notation.

[samsloan]

A great contribution.

Thank you.

Sam Sloan

[Taylor Kingston]

On May 18, 9:47 am, Taylor Kingston <ttk5...@gmail.com> wrote:

I should mention a bonus not available (or possible) in the original
Spanish edition. In the course of editing the book, all the games were
subjected to computer analysis with Rybka 3 UCI. Any significant
analysis errors or omissions so discovered were compiled in an
analytical appendix, which buyers of the book can download (at no
charge) in pdf format from the Russell Enterprises web-site.

[Taylor Kingston]

On May 18, 9:47 am, Taylor Kingston <ttk5...@gmail.com> wrote:

This link shows the TOC, the forewords by GMs Averbakh and Soltis,
and some sample games:

http://www.russell-enterprises.com/images/zurich53excerpt.pdf

Soltis does a lengthy comparison of this book by Najdorf with the
more famous one by Bronstein. He concludes:

"In the half-century since Bronstein’s work was published, it was
hailed as the perfect tournament book. It is, of course, a classic.
But it might be just the /second-best/ book written about this
tournament."

[The Historian]

Looks like a fantastic book. I look forward to playing through it,
Thanks for the translation!