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My Great Predecessors

My Great Predecessors is a series of chess books written by former World Champion Garry Kasparov et al. The five volumes in the My Great Predecessors series are about the players who preceded Kasparov in being official World Champions. The series of books continued with the Modern Chess volumes that covers developments in the 1970s and Kasparov's games with Anatoly Karpov. The series is being extended with three volumes of Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, covering his other games. The books contain historical details, but for the most part the books are made up of annotated games.

Chess journalist Dmitry Plisetsky helped with the books and Kasparov thanks some other chess players in the prefaces of each of the volumes. The books were translated into English by Ken Neat.

Part I starts with a chapter about some of the unofficial world champions (before 1886), though much of the commentary focuses on and Paul Morphy. It then covers the first four official world champions: Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, and Alexander Alekhine.

Adolf Anderssen

Part II covers the fifth through eighth world champions: , Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, and Mikhail Tal. Euwe briefly interrupted the reign of Alekhine, while Smyslov's and Tal's respective interruptions to Botvinnik's long reign were similarly brief.

Max Euwe

Part III covers the ninth and tenth champions, and Boris Spassky. Petrosian ended Botvinnik's reign in 1963. Spassky challenged Petrosian unsuccessfully in 1966, but defeated him in their 1969 rematch.

Tigran Petrosian

Part IV starts by covering some strong Western players who were not world champions: , Miguel Najdorf, and Bent Larsen. The primary focus of this volume is the eleventh World Champion Bobby Fischer.

Samuel Reshevsky

Part V covers World Championship contender and the twelfth World Champion Anatoly Karpov. Korchnoi and Karpov played three matches in the World Championship, in 1974, 1978, and 1981. The first match was in the Candidates Tournament to determine who would challenge Fischer in 1975. Fischer refused to defend his title, making the 1974 Karpov versus Korchnoi match a de facto World Championship match.

Victor Korchnoi

My Great Predecessors comprises five volumes:

Part One covers the revolution in chess openings of the 1970s in the wake of Fischer. The book covers new ideas in the , several lines of the Sicilian Defense, the Grünfeld Defense, the Caro-Kann Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Nimzo-Indian Defense, and others. Complete games are used to illustrate these opening ideas. The book ends with the opinions of 28 experts.

Hedgehog system

Part Two covers all of the games between Karpov and Kasparov himself through 1985, including their aborted and their 1985 match in which Kasparov became the thirteenth World Champion. Four early games between the two players are included as well as all 48 games of their first match and all 24 games of their second match.

match in 1984

Part Three covers the and the 1987 match between Karpov and Kasparov. It includes all 24 games of the 1986 match, all 24 games of the 1987 match, and three games played between the two matches (two were blitz games).

1986 match

Part Four includes the 24 games of the against Karpov and 42 of their other games through 2009.

1990 match

The Modern Chess series covers chess opening developments in the 1970s, all of Kasparov's five World Championship matches with Karpov, and his other games with Karpov.

Part I: 1973–1985 This volume covers 100 games starting from his early days. It ends with a few of the games from his 1984 match with Karpov (the endings only).

Part II: 1985–1993 This volume covers the period of being the World Champion. It includes 100 games from matches and tournaments.

FIDE

Part III: 1993–2005 Covers the period after being FIDE World Champion.

2003: My Great Predecessors, Part I - best book

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2004: My Great Predecessors, Part II - runner-up for best book

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2005: My Great Predecessors, Part IV - best book

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2006: My Great Predecessors, Part V - short list of the best books

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2007: Modern Chess, Part One - short list of the best books

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(2003). My Great Predecessors, Part I. Everyman Chess. p. 454. ISBN 978-1-85744-330-1.

Kasparov, Garry

Kasparov, Garry (2003). My Great Predecessors, Part II. Everyman Chess. p. 480.  978-1-85744-342-4.

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Kasparov, Garry (2004). My Great Predecessors, Part III. Everyman Chess. p. 332.  978-1-85744-371-4.

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Kasparov, Garry (2004). My Great Predecessors, Part IV: Fischer. Everyman Chess. p. 496.  978-1-85744-395-0.

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Kasparov, Garry (2006). My Great Predecessors, Part V. Everyman Chess. p. 480.  978-1-85744-404-9.

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Kasparov, Garry (2007). Modern Chess, Part One: Revolution in the 70s. Everyman Chess. p. 416.  978-1-85744-422-3.

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Kasparov, Garry (2008). Modern Chess, Part Two: Kasparov vs Karpov 1975-1985. Everyman Chess. p. 424.  978-1-85744-433-9.

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Kasparov, Garry (2009). Modern Chess, Part Three: Kasparov vs Karpov 1986-1987. Everyman Chess. p. 432.  978-1-85744-625-8.

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Kasparov, Garry (2010). Modern Chess, Part Four: Kasparov vs Karpov 1988-2009. Everyman Chess. p. 432.  978-1-85744-652-4.

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Kasparov, Garry (2011). Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part 1: 1973-1985. Everyman Chess. p. 520.  978-1-85744-672-2.

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Kasparov, Garry (2013). Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part II: 1985-1993. Everyman Chess. p. 495.  978-1-78194-024-2.

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Kasparov, Garry (2015). Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part III: 1993-2005. Everyman Chess. p. 500.  978-1-78194-183-6.

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List of chess books

including Garry Kasparov on Fischer: Garry Kasparov On My Great Predecessors, Part 4. Everyman Chess. ISBN 978-1857443950.

List of books and documentaries by or about Bobby Fischer

(April 2009). "The Epic Rivalry: Kasparov Ascends the Throne". Chess Life. 2009 (4): 42–43. Review of Modern Chess, part 2

Alburt, Lev