{"id":4062,"date":"2024-11-20T22:06:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T22:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/?p=4062"},"modified":"2024-11-20T22:07:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T22:07:07","slug":"dover-books-are-finally-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/dover-books-are-finally-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Dover Books are finally here!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chess players of a certain age will be delighted by the delightful aroma of nostalgia whilst browsing the latest titles on offer from Forward Chess.<br><br>Of course, there are those who say that nostalgia isn&#8217;t what it used to be, but they are the ones who will miss out if they embrace the excellent news that Dover chess books are being revitalised on this very platform.<br><br>First up, we have three of the all-time classics: <em>Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953<\/em>\u00a0by David Bronstein, <em>Simple Chess<\/em>\u00a0by Michael Stean, and <em>The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played<\/em>, by Irving Chernev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/zurich-international-chess-tournament1953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"4066\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/zurich-international-chess-tournament-1953-1728792288-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4066\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/simple-chess\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"4065\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/simple-chess-1728792268.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4065\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/product\/the-most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1000\" data-id=\"4064\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/the-most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played-1728792307.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4064\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Back in the days when people cared enough about books to make lists of their top 10 favourite titles, there would have been very few instances when the Zurich book would not have been included.<br><br>How many had actually read the book in full is, of course, another matter.<br><br>There were lots of terrific games played at Zurich 1953 and they enhanced by the remarkable annotations.<br><br>For example, in this position, Tigran Petrosian changed chess thinking forever with a very special move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"rpbchessboard-spacerBefore\"><\/p>\n\n<div id=\"rpbchessboard-6ad06c1c68ab7-1\" class=\"rpbchessboard-chessgame\">\n    <noscript>\n        <div class=\"rpbchessboard-javascriptWarning\">\n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        <\/div>\n    <\/noscript>\n    <div class=\"rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor\"><\/div>\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n            var selector = '#' + \"rpbchessboard-6ad06c1c68ab7-1\" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n            RPBChessboard.renderPGN($(selector), {\"pgn\":\"[Event \\\"?\\\"]\\n[Site \\\"?\\\"]\\n[Date \\\"????.??.??\\\"]\\n[Round \\\"?\\\"]\\n[White \\\"?\\\"]\\n[Black \\\"?\\\"]\\n[Result \\\"*\\\"]\\n[SetUp \\\"1\\\"]\\n[FEN \\\"3rq1k1\\\/4rppp\\\/2n3b1\\\/pp2P3\\\/2pP1QB1\\\/P1P1R3\\\/1B4PP\\\/4R1K1 b - - 0 25\\\"]\\n[PlyCount \\\"1\\\"]\\n\\n{ Samuel Reshevsky \\u2013 Tigran Petrosian, Zurich 1953.} 25... 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Black eventually held the draw against a very dangerous opponent, after 41 moves.} *\\n\\n\",\"pieceSymbols\":\"native\",\"navigationBoard\":\"scrollLeft\",\"withFlipButton\":true,\"withDownloadButton\":true,\"nboSquareSize\":32,\"nboCoordinateVisible\":true,\"nboTurnVisible\":true,\"nboColorset\":\"original\",\"nboPieceset\":\"cburnett\",\"nboAnimated\":true,\"nboMoveArrowVisible\":true,\"nboMoveArrowColor\":\"r\",\"idoSquareSize\":32,\"idoCoordinateVisible\":true,\"idoTurnVisible\":true,\"idoColorset\":\"original\",\"idoPieceset\":\"cburnett\"});\n        });\n    <\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"rpbchessboard-spacerAfter\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br>Here is an interesting position from <em>The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"rpbchessboard-spacerBefore\"><\/p>\n\n<div id=\"rpbchessboard-6ad06c1c68ab7-2\" class=\"rpbchessboard-chessgame\">\n    <noscript>\n        <div class=\"rpbchessboard-javascriptWarning\">\n            You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.        <\/div>\n    <\/noscript>\n    <div class=\"rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor\"><\/div>\n    <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n            var selector = '#' + \"rpbchessboard-6ad06c1c68ab7-2\" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n            RPBChessboard.renderPGN($(selector), {\"pgn\":\"[Event \\\"?\\\"]\\n[Site \\\"?\\\"]\\n[Date \\\"????.??.??\\\"]\\n[Round \\\"?\\\"]\\n[White \\\"?\\\"]\\n[Black \\\"?\\\"]\\n[Result \\\"*\\\"]\\n[SetUp \\\"1\\\"]\\n[FEN \\\"3qr2k\\\/2r3pp\\\/2Q2p2\\\/4n3\\\/1P2R3\\\/5N2\\\/2P3PP\\\/4R2K w - - 0 29\\\"]\\n[PlyCount \\\"11\\\"]\\n\\n{ Mikhail Botvinnik \\u2013 Isaac Boleslavsky, Moscow 1941.  \\u2018Botvinnik unfolds a startling combination which clears away most of the pieces like magic, and leaves a Rook and Pawn ending, with Botvinnik a pawn ahead.\\u2019} 29. 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However, even though Dover editions always had a slightly old-fashioned style about them, modern readers will be delighted to note that the old, descriptive notation (and the occasional use of the outdated long algebraic notation) has all been converted to the modern algebraic form. Anyway, as one can simply click the moves on Forward Chess, it doesn\u2019t really matter very much at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does matter is that these classics are now available for the modern audience and, furthermore, that they have definitely passed the test of time.<br><br>Which Dover books will follow this initial trio of releases? We will just have to wait and see!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/products?publishers%5B%5D=dover-publications&amp;priceRange=&amp;perPage=12&amp;sortBy=releaseDate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/63f2bd52-2627-366f-d84b-cf6ac83b7642.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4055\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chess players of a certain age will be delighted by the delightful aroma of nostalgia&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4062"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4074,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4062\/revisions\/4074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}