The Anand Files by Michiel Abeln (HardCover)

Descripción

The Anand Files by Michiel Abeln offers a detailed insight into the strategies Viswanathan

Anand used to win three World Championship matches in a row. It takes the reader behind the

scenes to show the inner workings of Team Anand, including pre-game planning and preparing

opening novelties, some of which have yet to be used.

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The Anand Files by Michiel Abeln Meticulously researched over several years, during which the

author conducted numerous interviews with members of Team Anand, this book follows Anand and

his team of seconds for his dramatic matches against Kramnik, Topalov and Gelfand. The reader will

gain a deep understanding of how top chess players work on their game and deal with the stress of

elite competition. Over a hundred colour photographs illustrate the story.

Quality Chess

Michiel Abeln is a FIDE Master from the Netherlands with extensive experience as a chess trainer

and as a leadership coach in the corporate world.

From the Foreword by Viswanathan Anand:

“I love this book. The level of detail is fabulous, and as I read it I felt I was reliving the entire five-year

period during which these three matches happened… This is the definitive book on those three matches.”

FIDE Master

“The immense detail on display would be a marvelous accomplishment were Abeln an internal

member of the team, but what makes the work so astounding is that he was not present for any of the

events he describes. Through extensive interviews of Anand’s seconds and some impressive detective

work, Abeln has produced one of the best match books in the history of chess literature.

Michiel Abeln

The Anand Files is a triumph, beautifully written and accompanied by more than one hundred full-

color photos. Abeln has done his subject justice and the only flaw in the work is that it ends.”

“The book is an absolute page-turner: I read it from cover to cover in a few sittings and I cannot

imagine anyone not doing so!

The book is beautifully produced, as always by Quality Chess, in a hardback edition with many

insider colour photos of the team.”

 

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