RIP David Bronstein, Chess hero!
David Bronstein
died this week . Basically a one-time unofficial world
champion (see his postwar match with Botvinnik) I was lucky enough to
be introduced to his play by the gift of a book, Sorceror’s Apprentice,
one of the best chess books out there, 200 open games is great for e4 players and for the witty analysis and ideas(much taken from his regular Soviet era chess columns). The Bronstein line Be2 in the Latvian (which was most in vogue in his epoch) is a classic idea of course…
- Few long obits been written:
ChessBase (with ace pictures)
the week in chess one by mark crowther is really interesting.
I was looking at the tribute on chessgames.com
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=16521, lots of comments/kibbitzing there.
Bill Hartston in the Independent on Bronstein
