My Great Predecessors Vol.1

"This is probably the most pleasurable chess book I have ever read," British Nigel Short, defeated by Gary Kasparov in the 1993 World Championship final, wrote in his review for the Sunday Telegraph.

In this Spanish edition, which corrects the errors of the previous Russian and English publications, the reader will be impressed by the wise mix that Kasparov accomplishes between his undisputed number one condition since 1985 and his passion for history. In his deep analysis of the world champions - and of the players who left a deep impression without achieving the throne - the author places each one in their era and dissects the psychological traits that influenced their games. And as he glosses these, Kasparov merges all the analyses that the fan can desire, those made at the time by the protagonists and their contemporaries, the subsequent ones of the Grand Masters, those of the most powerful computers of our days, and those of Kasparov himself, who takes special care to distinguish the sources for greater reader enjoyment. The past, the present and the foreseeable future merge in this first volume of this magna opus that will consist of five volumes. Given that the quality of the games grows as we approach our days - all champions learned from their predecessors - one must ask: what will Short say when he reads the following installments?