Lev AlburtWorld Chess Championship

Pretty much likes the format of the book as well as insights from former World Champion Kramnik

Just outstanding!I am a strong amateur chess player (FM, Correspondence GM) I have a library of 2000+ chess books.1) Probably the best World Championship book written in past 10 years!2) What makes this book special is Kramnik's analysis (both analytical and psychological)3) GM Alburt's and NM Crumiller's computer assisted analysis is also very good.4) The book is at similar level to Kasparov's World Championship books, which were also outstanding.5) Games are very interestingly analyzed, keeping the reader very exited (some chess books are boring)6) Game 10 is analyzed for 36 pages! (to give you an idea) its not only computer analysis, Kramnik noted psychological blunders depending on the match situation etc..7) Non chess: colors, format and style of the book is outstanding (this is seen in Alburt's other books also) It just keeps the reader more involved. Masterpiece by itself..8) You can read this book 10 minutes opening any page and then quit and then start again in a couple days.. Keeps you fascinated.9) Overall I really enjoyed it.. Kramnik made this book unique...Dr Tansel Turgut, FM, ICCF GM

You really feel that the book does justice to the match, and that it spotlights and explains the key decisions as they are experienced by top players in real time. Kramnik's input is priceless. I find myself thinking, "so THAT is how a world champion is thinking about his positions during a match", which is just different than what other players may say, even GMs. Because of Kramnik's insight, you can appreciate why these games rise to a "world championship caliber" that is distinct from even other top games. The presentation is also great; it's a comfortable book to flip through, despite over 300 pages.Perhaps the best part of the book, what makes you really leave it feeling that you truly understand those games, is the equally comprehensive treatment of the games in both their objective and subjective assessments. Most books seem to have either one or the other. Too much focus on the computer evaluation, or too much narrative from inside the mind of a player. Of course we usually prefer the latter to the former. But here we get both objective data and inside the mind of Kramnik as a peer to these players.I hope they copy this model for future books, and revisit previous championships in this light. It would be great to have this for Kramnik's own matches!

Very good, except that Kramnik's notes should have been put in the line of the text moves instead of in the blue boxes set to the side.

Though Andrew Soltis wrote "...Probably the best World Championship book written in past 10 years!" , this book is weak in terms of analitic deepness of game, even if Kramnik supports... For example, St 2005 or, especially, Tibor Karolyi books on Karpov, in my opinion they are the best ones in that area, besides Tibor Karolyi books and analysis approach style should be model for others in this way...I was really disappointed with Carlsen-Karjakin book...

This is the best book on a world championship match ever produced. The notes to the games are fantastic, with a nice mixture of verbal description of appropriate plans and concrete analysis at the critical points. The insights from GM Kramnik scattered throughout each game sets this book apart from others of its kind. His insights into the psychology of the players, along with their match strategy and why they chose certain lines of play are fascinating. This book should be in every chess lovers library.