ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2023
Jezik: Engleski
Oblast: Šah
Autor: Strani

Mek povez, veci format, br.strana 199, NEW IN CHESS, 2023 god. Autor - velemajstor Dmitry Kryakvin
Stanje - odlicno 5/5- (veoma ocuvana, kao nova, jednom prelistana, mala flekica na unutrasnjem delu rabata)

SPEED DEMON
The Fascinating Games and Tragic Life of Chess Grandmaster Alexey Vyzhmanavin

CONTENTS (SADRZAJ)
Explanation of symbols
Foreword by Viorel Bologan
Preface

Chapter 1 The Self-Taught Guy From Moscow
Chapter 2 The Seven-Time Armed Forces Champion
Chapter 3 Goodbye, Army!
Chapter 4 1988. The Wedding Flowers
Chapter 5 Among the Ranks of Grandmasters
Chapter 6 1989. The Year of Happiness and Sadness
Exotic Cruises and the Hardships of the Soviet Qualifying System
Chapter 7 1990. Life Is Beautiful and Wonderful!
1991. English Lessons
Olympic and European Champion!
Chapter 8 1992. An Olympic Champion Now Lives in Our Home!
In the Elite Tournaments
Chapter 9 1993. Fight for the Flat
Three Rounds Against Vladimir Kramnik
1994. The Blackout and the Dollar Rain
1995. The Flat in Moscow
1996-99. The Last Call
To the Genius of Chess
(Appendix) Tournament Results
Index of names

Almost as fascinating as chess is the community of chess players. In every major city in the world, you are guaranteed to meet interesting people when you walk into a local chess club or chess cafe. This book pays tribute to one of those characters who gave colour to the chess world, the Russian grandmaster Alexey Vyzhmanavin.

The best chance to bump into Vyzhmanavin in the 1980s and early 1990s was in Sokolniki park in Moscow, playing blitz. You could meet him at the 1992 Chess Olympiad as a member of the winning Russian team. Or in the finals of the PCA rapid events of the 1990s, frequently outplaying his illustrious opponents with his fluent and enterprising style. In Moscow in 1994, he reached the semi-final, narrowly losing out to Vladimir Kramnik, having already beaten Alexei Shirov and Viktor Korchnoi. Commentating at a PCA event, Maurice Ashley described Vyzhmanavin in predatory terms: ‘He’s a dangerous one, looking like a cat, ready to pounce.

For this book, grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin has talked to dozens of people, enabling him to give a complete picture of Vyzhmanavin’s life. The result is a mix of fascinating chess, wonderful anecdotes, and some heartbreaking episodes. The stories are complemented by the memories of Vyzmanavin’s ex-wife Lyudmila. They revive his successes but also reveal the dark side of this forgotten chess genius who battled with depression and the ‘green serpent’, a Russian euphemism for alcoholism. He died in January 2000 at the age of forty, in circumstances that remain unclear. The stories and games in this book are his legacy.

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