From London to Elista: Behind the Scenes of Kramnik's Title Matches - Tapa blanda

A fascinating look behind the scenes of top-level chess with superb analysis of all the games by Evgeny Bareev, a former second of world champion Vladimir Kramnik. The authors reveal everything about the three world chess championship matches: the preparation, the progress and the aftermath, the secret strategy and the brutal stress. Full of honesty, irony, history, wit, anger, wisdom, and even poetry. Winner of the English Chess Federation 2008 Book-of-the-Year Award, the most prestigious chess book prize in the world. With many photographs.

In the year 2000, Vladimir Kramnik caused a sensation in the chess world by dethroning Gary Kasparov as the reigning World Champion, and successfully defended his title against Peter Leko in 2004.In 2006, in Elista (the capital of the Republic of Kalmykia), Kramnik was again involved in controversy - this time it stemmed from accusations of fraud after Kramnik defeated Veselin Topalov to retain his championship title."From London To Elista", written by two of Kramnik's closest confidants, is the inside story of these momentous matches and a fascinating glimpse into the pressure cooker that is top level chess.