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Leko's One Hundred Wins (Games Collections) | 
 enlarge | Author: Sergei Soloviov
Creator: Alexander Khalifman
Publisher: SEMKO,Bulgaria
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2558902
Media: Paperback
Pages: 340
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 9548782316
Dewey Decimal Number: 794
EAN: 9789548782319
ASIN: 9548782316
Publication Date: July 2003
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Good. Could be MUCH better... August 7, 2006
bckm (Los Angeles, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The games speak for themselves; Peter Leko is one of the world's top Grandmasters, and he recently held Kramnik to a tie in the World Championship (which Kramnik retained by virtue of the rules of the match).
Nonetheless, this book does not fully do Leko's games justice. I imagine it is due more to translation problems than bad writing, but after a few games it detracts from the enjoyment of some fine games. One thing in Soloviov's favor is that he is not afraid to criticize Leko's bad moves, and his praise of Leko is not nauseatingly over the top, as is Damsky's of Kramnik in the book of Kramnik's games.
Generally, I avoid buying "best of" books by players who are living or still active because I don't want to have to buy a second book unless the player is very active or plays for a very long time (like Korchnoi, for example). While I have some reservations about this book, it is definitely worth buying since the problems don't seem to be directly connected to faulty chess or bad analysis; I can work through clumsy style or translation difficulties, although the book should have been vetted better. I recommend this book.
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