My Great Predecessors 1

Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca & Alekhine

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Description / My Great Predecessors 1

My Great Predecessors is rereleased, enhanced in every way, with high-quality print, modern fonts and an upgraded visual style.

Part I covers the dawn of modern chess and the reigns of the first four World Champions: Wilhelm Steinitz (1886–1894), Emanuel Lasker (1894–1921), José Raúl Capablanca (1921–1927), and Alexander Alekhine (1927–1935 and 1937–1946).

Winner of the ECF Book of the Year 2003

Garry Kasparov, the 13th World Chess Champion (1985–2000) “is the greatest player who's ever lived” – Magnus Carlsen


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ISBN 9781836840770
Weight 500 g
Publisher Popular Chess
Number of pages 504
Publication date Dec 3, 2025

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