The Life and Games of Carlos Torre

The Life and Games of Carlos Torre
Beryl Kingston, Patricia Velasco
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28 Feb 2023 BE
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This is what' s new in this edition: More accurate and more extensive annotations, computer-assisted. Every game has beenexamined under Stockfish 14, probably the best analytical engine available forhome computers at this time. For the first edition we had only Fritz 4 and 5,which compare to Stockfish like a Model T Ford to a Ferrari, and many gameswere given no computer examination at all. Thus owners of the first editionwill find most annotations here substantially different (and substantiallybetter). However, many general assessments and heuristic notes proved valid andhave been retained. * Torre' s own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. These come fromseveral sources: the American Chess Bulletin, his book of the 1926Mexican Championship tournament, and his instructional booklet Developmentof Chess Ability. * Several games have been added. Some, frankly, are Torre losses, which we give in theinterest of presenting a more complete, balanced picture of his play. The firstedition, to some extent, looked at Torre through rose-colored glasses; here weaim only for untinted clarity. Also added are the six games between players otherthan Torre that he annotated for the Mexican Championship tournament book (seeChapter VIII). * There are many more diagrams and photographs than in the first edition. Also morethumbnail bios of Torre' s opponents. * More ancillary material about Torre' s life and career: pictures, anecdotes, interesting facts,opinions, bits of trivia etc. , drawn from the ACB, the WienerSchachzeitung, the film Torre x Torre, and other sources. * A 1927 interview with Torre, published in the Yucatan magazine Anahuac, inChapter III. * Chapter IV, excerpts from the book 64 Variaciones Sobre un Tema de Torre by hisfriend German de la Cruz.
TaylorKingston (born 1949) has been a chess enthusiast since his teens. He holds aClass A over-the-board USCF rating, and was a correspondence master in the1980s, but his greatest love is the game' s history. His historical articleshave appeared in Chess Life, New In Chess, Inside Chess, Kingpin,and the web-site www. ChessCafe. com. He has edited and/or co-authored dozens ofchess books, and translated three from Spanish, including the original Mexicanedition of Vida y Partidas de Carlos Torre. He lives with his wife Emilyin Paso Robles, California. Gabriel Velasco (born 1949 in Mexico City) is a a professorof mathematics and author of over twenty books on mathematics. He has been achess enthusiast since age 15. Besides Vida y Partidas de Carlos Torre,he is the author of Masterpieces of Attack (Chess Digest, 1990), presentingthe best games of the late GM Marcel Sisniega Campbell. Velasco lived in Kiev 1985-1987and shared 1st-3rd prize in a tournament of Candidate Masters and FirstCategory players, earning thereby a norm of Candidate Master of the SovietUnion. Back in Mexico, he won the championship of the state of Guanajuato. Heis now retired and lives in Mexico City with his wife and his son Richard, whowas was given that name in honor of Richard Reti.
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ISBN-13: 9789464201727
Published: 28 Feb 2023
Published In: Belgium
Imprint: Thinkers Publishing
Publisher: Thinkers Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 170mm
Pages: 588

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