Karolyi/Aplin: Genius in the Background Klassiker ) To my knowledge there

) To my knowledge there has never been a book devoted to serious bullet play(

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winning an individual gold medal at Bled 2002

The author Richard Reti conceived it as a collection of games in which he portrayed the masters from Anderssen to the then world champion Alekhine in chronological order

Karolyi/Aplin: Genius in the Background Klassiker ) To my knowledge thereGenius in the Background introduces brilliant chess that will be unfamiliar to even well read chess players. Twelve chess stars are profiled with examples of their greatest achievements, but these stars are not famous they are geniuses who stay in the background. For example, Pervakov and Afek are not household names but they compose chess studies and puzzles of such elegance and cleverness that they deserve to be famous. Top players such as Garry