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The must-read books on World Chess Championship Matches ft. V. Saravanan



IM V. Saravanan is a very well-known as a personality in the chess world for his amazing knowledge and love for chess books. When the World Championships 2023 ended, IM Sagar Shah travelled to Saravanan’s home in Chennai where the duo recorded this video on chess books on World Championship Matches. Why should one study about the World Championsho matches, and why should one study these games. In this video you get a beautiful glimpse on the best World Championship books out there thanks to Saravanan.

Video: ChessBase India

Timestamps:

0:00 – Hello and Welcome!
0:36 – Thoughts on the World Championship match 2023
4:19 – Saravanan’s favourite World Championship match
7:15 – Taking a closer look at game 24 between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov, World Championship match 1985
7:42 – Vishy Anand’s beautiful quote about Garry Kasparov
13:33 – A memorable quote by Grandmaster Vishnu Prasanna
14:45 – The weakness of Anatoly Karpov, described by Garry Kasparov in “Kasparov vs Karpov Part II”
22:01 – Saravanan’s first chess book “The World Chess Championship Kasparov – Karpov 1985”, written by a bunch of Soviet chess players
23:13 – Annotations on Kasparov’s fantastic …Re7
25:06 – “World Chess Championship 1948” by Paul Keres
28:26 – “Coaching Kasparov” Volume I and II by Alexander Nikitin
29:16 – Mikhail Tal plays Blitz with Garry Kasparov
34:35 – Pawns breaks in the center
38:15 – One of the most brilliant quotes about chess
40:34 – “The World Champions I knew” by Genna Sosonko
43:57 – “From London to Elista” by Evgeny Bareev and Ilya Levitov, about Kramnik’s journey to becoming the World Champion
51:43 – Critical moment in the 4th tiebreak game between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi
56:16 – “The Anand Files” by Michael Abeln, taking a closer look at the Anand – Gelfand 2nd Tiebreaks game
1:05:25 – “Elista Diaries” by Anatoly Karpov and Ron Henley, about the Karpov – Kamsky 1996 match
1:07:27 – “San Luis 2005” by Alik Gershon and Igor Nor
1:08:03 – “The Longest game” by Jan Timman
1:08:42 – “My magic years with Topalov” by Romain Edouard
1:09:50 – “The World Chess Championship match 1937” by Alexander Alekhine
1:09:58 – “Petrosian vs Spassky 1966” by Mikhail Tal
1:10:24 – “Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1958” by Mikhail Botvinnik
1:10:50 – “The silicon road to chess development” by Matthew Sadler
1:17:57 – Studying games of the past and games of the future
1:18:42 – Thank you and Goodbye!

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31 Comments

  1. Pulling that rook out appears very childish move. Kasparov is a genius. This is something we usually don't see in many chess matches played by great players.

  2. One of the most instructive and path breaking Chess Books about a Tournament ( off course not a World championship match) is Zurich 1953 by Bronstein. His insights were fantastic and there were no lengthy variations and each and every game was analysed . It is a great instructional book.

  3. Saravanan's explanation of chess books has a separate fan base.

  4. man when did an hour pass? His enthusiasm, love and passion for chess is impeccable and the way he talks. Can listen to him for many many hours. This is a gem of a video.

  5. Man i wish i had known Mr. V. Saravanan back in Summer of 2019 when i had the honor of playing against him in France. I just love his knowledge and appreciation for the game of chess. I feel like i could sit down with him and listen to him talk about chess for hours. I would've just listened and absorbed each and every word of his thoughts with pleasure. 🙂

  6. This was the first match in ages that was worthy of a book. The first one that was not a draw fest.
    Tal v Botvinnik 1, Fischer v Spassky 1972 + 1992, Karpov v Kasparov 1985, Kramnik v Anand 2008 and that's about it.

  7. "Harmony thy name is Karpov" is soo true. People really don't understand the greatness of Karpov. In the World championship never matches with Kasparov, Karpov never really got swept away by Kasparov, the margins were always within 1 point.

  8. A mixed list of books recommended by Sarvanan and others visible in this video:

    – San Luis 2005

    – Anand Files

    – The Longest Game

    – My Magic Years with Topalov

    – The World Champions I Knew

    – From London to Elista

    – World Chess Championship 1948

    – Sultan Khan

    – Bobby Fisher and his World

    – WCC Karpov – Kasparov Moscow 1985

    – Team Tal: An Inside Story

    – Tigran Petrosian

    – School of Chess Excellence

    – Timmans Titans

    – Grandmaster Chess Strategy – Ulf Andersson

    – Coaching Kasparov Volume 1: The Whizz- Kid | Alexander Nikitin

    – Coaching Kasparov Volume 2: The Assassin

    – A Picture History of Chess

    – The Chess Course – Praful Zaveri

    – Elista Diaries Karpov – Kamsky 1996

    – The World's Chess Championship, 1937

    – World Championship: Pertrosian vs Spassky 1966

    – World Championship: The Return Match Botvinnik VS Smyslov 1958

    – The Silicon Road to Chess Improvement

  9. Video Timestamps of this goldmine by Saravanan sir:

    0:00 – Hello and Welcome!
    0:36 – Thoughts on the World Championship match 2023
    4:19 – Saravanan's favourite World Championship match
    7:15 – Taking a closer look at game 24 between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov, World Championship match 1985
    7:42 – Vishy Anand's beautiful quote about Garry Kasparov
    13:33 – A memorable quote by Grandmaster Vishnu Prasanna
    14:45 – The weakness of Anatoly Karpov, described by Garry Kasparov in "Kasparov vs Karpov Part II"
    22:01 – Saravanan's first chess book "The World Chess Championship Kasparov – Karpov 1985", written by a bunch of Soviet chess players
    23:13 – Annotations on Kasparov's fantastic …Re7
    25:06 – "World Chess Championship 1948" by Paul Keres
    28:26 – "Coaching Kasparov" Volume I and II by Alexander Nikitin
    29:16 – Mikhail Tal plays Blitz with Garry Kasparov
    34:35 – Pawns breaks in the center
    38:15 – One of the most brilliant quotes about chess
    40:34 – "The World Champions I knew" by Genna Sosonko
    43:57 – "From London to Elista" by Evgeny Bareev and Ilya Levitov, about Kramnik's journey to becoming the World Champion
    51:43 – Critical moment in the 4th tiebreak game between Ding Liren and Ian Nepomniachtchi
    56:16 – "The Anand Files" by Michael Abeln, taking a closer look at the Anand – Gelfand 2nd Tiebreaks game
    1:05:25 – "Elista Diaries" by Anatoly Karpov and Ron Henley, about the Karpov – Kamsky 1996 match
    1:07:27 – "San Luis 2005" by Alik Gershon and Igor Nor
    1:08:03 – "The Longest game" by Jan Timman
    1:08:42 – "My magic years with Topalov" by Romain Edouard
    1:09:50 – "The World Chess Championship match 1937" by Alexander Alekhine
    1:09:58 – "Petrosian vs Spassky 1966" by Mikhail Tal
    1:10:24 – "Botvinnik vs Smyslov 1958" by Mikhail Botvinnik
    1:10:50 – "The silicon road to chess development" by Matthew Sadler
    1:17:57 – Studying games of the past and games of the future
    1:18:42 – Thank you and Goodbye!

  10. You name a book he has it, name championship he has a book, you name a player he has a book.. I think Saravanan sir is the only one having so many chess books & hence wonderful stories…. I have seen him as a player & happy to see him now as a coach & philosopher… Thank you so much Sagar sir & Saravanan sir for wonderful stuff.❤❤

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