
Let’s
explain to everyone at the beginning the basic principles underlying the
sources of this unique enterprise and in what way they explain to us why, when,
how and for whom the Great Book of Olympiad is being created.
What is the Great Book of the Chess
Olympiads?
They
are series of books, which are unique in the world class attempt of the full
reconstruction of Olympic events in chess, from the official Olympiad in 1927
until today. The book is split in the parts which relate to stories of
particular Olympiads. There have been 40 Olympiads. Almost 13 years have passed
since this work was started and the author made a decision about, beginning and
publishing his work. I hope that it will be an interesting book for all people
who are interested in chess and who desire to go through the Olympic emotions
again.
What will I find in the Great Book
of the Olympiads?
Imagine
that you are observing Olympic combat,
round after round. You look at competitors, you recognize up-and-coming
stars and you identify the old masters. You are near the chessboard when there
is something fascinating happening on it. You know exactly why the master
Kalabar loses after the fourth move, and what happens when the best chess
players lose five games in a row – will they do better?… You can see dramatic
situations in the next to last round, when the pursuit for leadership finishes
as a success, however … there is one round left and anything can happen.
Can
you guess what this book is about? It is just a story which is being told from
the perspective of the narrator who is there in the present. He is an
enthusiast who quotes games, diagrams, tables, statistics, photos, sketches and
everything that can be introduced into the atmosphere surrounding those days.
What else can favor those series?
The
first of all, we can’t compare this series to any other work because nobody
took on the task of writing down the history of the Olympiads on such an
impressive scale.
All
available games, which were played during the Olympiads were played back, cleaned
from errors and completed. Some of them were improved with the help of
competitors.
All
tables, charts of players, results of players, were reconstructed. Due to that
the series tell us different individual and team statistics, which show the
interesting aspects of a tournament. For example the actual power in the game
of particular players.
They
paid attention to the correct spelling of the names of the competitors.
In
every work, there are included generally available photographs, and also unique
photographs and information which are unavailable today because their sources
disappeared, or were closed down.
More
information will be published on the websites of this blog for you to read.
Have
nice reading !
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