Marshall's Best Games of Chess

I have not always been pleased with older chess books purchased on my Kindle. For that reason, I sometimes use the Kindle's option to download and review a "sample" before purchasing, and consider that a helpful precaution. Especially since it appears to me that sometimes there are even more than one Kindle version of an older book, and they may not look the same.I don't recall if I sampled this book first, but I am pleased with the version I received. I am having no trouble reading and using it, and am very glad to have it. Containing both biographical pages and a large number of annotated games, as a Marshall fan I am pleased to have this readily available on my Kindle. Indeed it seems to me like a real bargain.The old fashioned descriptive notation (as opposed to algebraic) might bother some, but if it was good enough for Frank Marshall I am hardly going to guibble about it. I find interesting both Marshall's life and his play, and am happy to give this relatively inexpensive Kindle edition two big thumbs up.

This seems to be a replicate of the Dover edition of this book which I got about 45 years ago. The openings and middle game play are basically unsophisticated and lively. Marshall came on the chess scene about 1900, and may have peaked in the years 1905 - 1920. The last game in the book, from 1942, is a nice win in an exhibition match against former World Champion E. Lasker. Marshall was a terrible match player because his opening repertoire allowed a top master to play passively and solidly an wait for Marshall to overreach. He was always interested in the combat, not the accumulation of many small advantages. His successes in tournament play would have been even more impressive if he had taken more care in his career to draw a few games rather than embark on unsound attack simply because otherwise the game would be drawn! (These are of course not presented in Marshall's book.) For players who like combinative games with sacrifices, these are for you. Annotated and narrated by Marshall himself, the book outlines his life story, from a loss as a teenager to World Champion Steinitz to his solid victories over Lasker, Tarrasch, Capablanca and other top masters of the period. The soft cover book is solidly produced and should last many, many years.

i read this book and then realized that the author could have spent more time doing a good job writing the book

Very well worth owning: a belated, well-compiled study of one of the great, but inexplicably forgotten masters, who influenced the evolution of chess strategy and tactics more than he is ever credited.

Cover clearly reads Marshall's Best Games of Chess but what is inside? The book binded to the cover is Murder in My Backyard by Ann Cleeves. Bello [publisher] obviously has quality control issues!

The book is great. However, the printing is terrible. DO NOT buy this version.

I received this book as a gift from a good friend when I was not long out of high school, in the very early 70s. My friend and I were on the high school chess team and have spent a lifetime across the board from one another in 64 square combat. Frank J Marshall was the United States Chess Champion in the early decades of the 20th century. Marshall was, in chess parlance, a subscriber to the romantic school of chess style. Rapid development, wide open games, sparkling sacrificial attacks, resulting in games to be forever enjoyed by succeeding generations of chess devotee`s. Though a strong grandmaster, his risky style kept him just out if the ranks of the very elite of the perioid(Em. Lasker; Capablanca; Alekine). His style would best be discribed as a "Riverboat Gambler" approach to rough and tumble arena of world class tournament chess. Playing through the games in this all too short tome, is a delight to anyone who has a dedicated interest in chess. Marshall produced many real gems in this book. A classic! The only down side to this book is that it's in need of a re-edit. At the time this volume was first printed(early 40s)English Descriptive Notation was the prefered chess notation in all English-speaking countries. Figurine Algebraic is the world standard now and it is a far superior notation system.

Hello there I received Marshall's Best Games of Chess its a good book I did received it weeks ago' Aurel