Brustkern/Wallet: 100 Jahre Schachturniere in Hastings (hardcover) Damen Gambit Intimate memoir spanning Tal's formative

Intimate memoir spanning Tal's formative years and his rise in Soviet chess circles

The selected examples come from tournament practice

it's now time to delve into the theory that has shaped this exciting opening over the years

Player profiles of top American talent born around the turn of the century

The lines are generally attacking and the positions are designed to give White the maximum chance of putting Black on the back foot from early in the game

Brustkern/Wallet: 100 Jahre Schachturniere in Hastings (hardcover) Damen Gambit Intimate memoir spanning Tal's formativeHow dreams became traditions No chess event in the world can look back on such a long and varied tradition as the tournament in the English seaside resort of Hastings, which has been held regularly at the turn of the year for a whole century. How such a tradition could develop, what immense importance it brought to Hastings in the world of chess, why the tournament served as a meeting place for top players from East and West even during the Cold War