The Nemesis: Geller's Greatest Games - Efim Geller

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The Nemesis: Geller's Greatest Games
by Efim Geller

Efim Geller (1925-1998) was one of the giants of Soviet chess. Over his lifetime he beat the World Champions more often than he lost, and had healthy plus scores over Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Botvinnik among others. So he deserves the nickname of The Nemesis.

Geller never became World Champion but he won everything else – two Soviet titles, seven Olympiad team gold medals and three Olympiad golds for individual performance are just a few of his accomplishments. Geller crowned his long career by becoming World Senior Champion in 1992. Geller was also noted for his ability to share his wisdom – he coached World Champions Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov. In The Nemesis, Geller annotates over 130 of his greatest games with wit and insight.

480 pages, Quality Chess

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David Cullen
An Underestimated Player

Many of the younger generation will know little of Efim Geller. However those of us familiar with the Soviet School of Chess and the Russian rivalries both within the then USSR and with western players such as Fischer, Larsen and Hubner will recognise the name of Efim Geller.

This is an updated and better book than the original Cadogan version of Geller’s games known as The Application of Chess Theory. Geller won at least two Soviet championships and was frequently sought after by Russian World Champions, notably Spassky, in his World Championship match with Fischer. Fischer in his early years could not beat Geller and he also had plus scores over Botvinnik, Petrosian and Smyslov. In my opinion he belonged to the category of great players never to win the Workd Championship.

For those who like the eras when natural talent and hard work, without using computers, produced great games of originality then this is a book worthy of any chess players library. The analysis within the book is interesting without being off-putting and is produced of a quality consistent with any book issued by Quality Chess Publications. Enjoy!

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