Judit Polgar - A Game of Queens

This third volume completes the trilogy of Polgar's annotated games (the first two were "How I Beat Fischer's Record" and "From GM to Top Ten"). These three volumes are arguably one of the best annotated game collections ever published.The first three chapters are devoted to her games against Kasparov, Karpov, and Korchnoi respectively. The fourth chapter covers her rapid match against Anand. Chapters 7, 8, and 9 focus on the opening, middlegame, and endgame respectively.The notes are the same excellent blend of insightful verbal explanations mixed with variational analysis that can be found in the first two volumes.This is a book of enduring worth.

I really enjoyed this book. Judith is the first woman to break the glass ceiling in chess, getting into the top 10 in the world and beating numerous world champions. And what a style of chess she plays! Violent, aggressive, uncompromising. I enjoyed all the commentated games and the honesty with which she evaluated the tournaments she played in. I hope Hou Yifan follows well in her footsteps and continues to show that women can beat men at this game!

Satisfied.

Terrific book. Like its design and the pages are wonderful

I found "A game of Queens" to be extremely instructive and interesting, just like the previous 2 books in this trilogy. There aren't too many variations and ideas and understanding are emphasized. This is not a book filled with computer lines; the variations are selected for instructive and aesthetic value. Ideas and plans are highly emphasized and the variations tend to support them, not replace them. Judit Polgar sheds some light on what it's like to play chess as a top-10 GM, showing her point of view with many annotated games against GMs when she was a top-10 player. I found this book to be extremely instructive. Not only is this book instructive; it's also very interesting. Judit sprinkles many anecdotes and photos throughout the book, allowing readers to feel more like they were with her when she played the games.Highly recommended.

Bought this for chess afficianado in house. Good book.

Very nice book from quality chess . The problem is delivery from Amazon, book bashed up quite a bit whilst being transported. Partially own fault shouldn't have ordered in black friday period, delivery people under big pressure with volumne from sales. Previous year have had parcel left out in rain by dust bin.

A book of the highest quality all round. Judit is an excellent writer with an exceptional story to tell. The level of annotations, variations, diagrams, and anecdotes is perfect. Hardback quality and printing of the book are also fantastic. Quality paper, printing and size.

What a great book to study chess ... written by one of the greatest figure in the world of chess..!!

Amazing Chess book!