Llibres recomanables (2): The Reliable Past (Genna Sosonko, New in Chess, 2003)
Segona entrega de la sèrie de retrats sobre jugadors d'escacs que el GM Sosonko (1943) ha publicat desde New in Chess. El llistó de la primera obra (Russian Silhouettes, 2001) va quedar molt alt, insuperable, però aquesta seqüela sense dubte n'és un digne successor. En aquest cas se'ns presenten assajos sobre Tony Miles (el qual farà al novembre 5 anys de la seva mort), Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Bagirov, Anatoly Lutikov, Rafael Vaganian, Max Euwe, Jan Timman (a qui hem de veure ara mateix al Magistral Casino de BCN), Salo Flohr i Eduard Gufeld, a més d'articles sobre el Club Central de Moscou, Viktor Baturinsky (el capo di capi polític dels escacs soviètics) i un conte futurista situat a Beijing, en les hipotètiques Olimpíades del 2024.
De totes les històries recomano especialment les de Lutikov, Flohr, Miles i Timman (els joves que van donar la cara per Occident contra les dues K durant els difícils 80). En resum, TRP ens apropa el perfil personal, sovint menys conegut i no gens idealitzat, de les vides d'aquests grans jugadors. Llegir les històries ens permetrà gaudir més en la revisió de les seves partides, com a expressió de les experiències viscudes pels mateixos.
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Mr. Casas,
Thanks for your review of Genna Sosonko's three books.
I share your enthusiasm for them.
Unlike most writers on chess history and biography, Sosonko transcends the mundane and approaches artistry with his words. He captures the humanity of his subjects and paints their souls (and his own) on the pages. If I had never played a game of chess in my life, I would value his books. He doesn't write about chess but about people who happen to be, or to have been, great, and consumed, chess chess players. Beyond that, he exposes to Western hearts some of what it meant to have lived in the Soviet Union where the game was more important than the individuals who played it.
Thanks also for your very nice chess site.
Sarah
Thanks Sarah for visiting my blog and taking the time to write.
I agree with you. At last, a chess game is the expression of the player's soul, and I'm discovering than their lives are very colourful (and even more interesting than chess, some times).
Thank you again. I really enjoy your superbe site, Sarah.
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