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I'm not usually given to writing rave reviews, and of course this book has its "errors and omissions," but what great book or piece of artwork does not?I have had this book for about a week now and find it very hard to put down. The story is gripping and the game annotations are brilliantly insightful. If you ever wonder why you waste so much time on chess when you are never going to be a professional, read this book. It is a timeless work of art. The time you have spent developing your ability to understand and appreciate both the artistry and sporting element of chess is rewarded with a book like this. It is also a far better book for "club players" than yet another "author's best games" collection full of complex modern games that most of us can't hope to really comprehend and get much out of. Though if Kasparov annotates his games in the future volumes in the same manner as the game annotations in this volume, we will be in for something very special.I have also read some of the nit-picking criticisms (including those of Kingston and Winter) posted on the web and, in my opinion, they completely miss the forest for the trees. Who really cares whether Capa's wife was actually at his bedside or outside the hospital when he died (other than his wife of course!)? It certainly wouldn't change the main thread of the story one iota. Nothing I saw in their criticisms would have made much if any difference to the book. They treat the book as an.

Just like another excellent documentary, Capturing the Friedmans, Game Over presents its evidence evenly and thereby creates uncertainty in the mind of the viewer as to what transpired and for whom one should sympathize. Initially, I regarded Gary Kasparov as being, yet another, in a long line of fantastically gifted individuals who happened to be slightly paranoid and lacking in social skills, yet, by the end, he won me over. I sided with him in regards to the unfairness of the bizarre and deceptive acts of IBM. Now that's not to infer in any way that he was a victim. Certainly, Kasparov was paid plenty of money, money that would change the average man's life forever, so we should not feel too sorry for him about being used by Big Technology, but, anyway, he was used by Big Technology-or Big Blue as it were. The result is that we empathize mightily with Kasparov who is a flawed human being facing a monster he cannot see or hear. One moment in the film was truly touching and it occurred when Kasparov strolled into the auditorium following a defeat. The fans responded by showering him with a standing ovation. The look of surprise and gratitude on his face was endearing. The story and plot of Game Over is very interesting and worth recommending on its own, but it is the affectational impact that was most redeeming. Kasparov, in person, is probably a most trying soul with tremendous expectations of others, but--compared to IBM, a corporation that lied to him, refused to give him.

Excellent insight into the 1997 computer match with deep blue, not much actual footage of the games, more an insight into how computers evolved playing chess, the ibm company and how gary got into his mind that the match was being played on not a level playing field. The 1996 match was a friendly match , computer science experiment, the 1997 was a deathmatch in which ibm had to win at all coats. They eventually pushed gary over the edge and he lost without a fight in game 6 going down to the computer overall in the match, excellent dvd if you like chess, computer chess or kasparov in general this is a must have. buy it now

It is fascinating to see Kasparov's opinions on the most famous games of the first 4 official world champions and their contemporaries.A lot of interesting (though many well known to experienced chess fans) anecdotes linking the games too.I think Kasparov is the first champion to write full notes about the games of other top players of history, and in partnership wiht his computer has produced the most revealing analysis yet of these historic encounters.If you love chess you probably have already ordered this book.