Karpov's Strategic Wins 1 – The Making of a Champion

The Hungarian International Master has succeeded in writing something special that should appeal to a wide range of players… Karpov's Strategic Wins Volume 1 is not only a tribute to Karpov's strategic brilliance, it is also a fine instructive work… Many of the notes that Karolyi offers will be of great benefit to amateur players as well as professionals… Wonderful prose like this makes the book special… Karpov's Strategic Wins Volume 1 belongs in every chess player's library. Highly Recommended." IM John Donaldson, jeremysilman.com

Anatoly Karpov is one of the greatest Chess World Champions with his prime strength the subtle manoeuvring of positional play. Many of his opponents have been baffled by the profundity of his strategies, but here Karolyi explains Karpov's genius: Karpov's Strategic Wins features Karpov's most entertaining and instructive strategic wins from 1961-1985 when Karpov proved he was a worthy successor to Bobby Fischer's title.