How I became World Champion Vol.1 1973-1985 metadata-enriched and with these examples from

and with these examples from classic and current games by leading experts of this opening

368 pages of worked examples and instructive positions

Smyslov's endgames

000 examples (850 of them in exercise format) that Barsky presents are from games played in 21 st century

the 'Englund Gambit' and the 'Owen Defence'

How I became World Champion Vol.1 1973-1985 metadata-enriched and with these examples fromHe won the world championship title at his first attempt if you ignore the aborted title match in 1984. This made him the youngest world champion of all time. Kasparov held the title from 1985 to 2000 for 15 years , defending it several times against Anatoly Karpov, Nigel Short, Viswanathan Anand, until he finally lost it to Vladimir Kramnik. But even after that, Kasparov dominated international chess and remained number one in the FIDE world rankings