Bent Larsen was one of the most influential chess players of the 20th
century. He was a four-time Candidate for the World Championship and the
first westerner to seriously challenge the Soviet Union's post-war
dominance of the game. Larsen was admired by fans for his creative and
combative style. He was a risk-taker who always sought complex
positions. He felt completely at home in defence and was an
opportunistic attacker. While other grandmasters would shy away from
offbeat openings, Larsen would embrace and develop them. In this book,
former American Open Champion Cyrus Lakdawala studies his favourite
Larsen games and examines Larsen's skills in the key areas of attack and
defence, initiative, exploiting imbalances, accumulating advantages and
endgame play. He demonstrates clearly how we can all improve by learning
from Larsen's play. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study
chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions
throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the
learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional
assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are
designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your
progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess
skills and knowledge.
