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When Mikhail Botvinnik lost the world championship in 1960 to the dazzling attacking player from Riga, Mikhail Tal, there seemed little chance of him regaining his title. Yet in the Return Match a year later, with a surprising demonstration of aggressive chess, Botvinnik completely outplayed his young opponent and ran out the easy winner. All 21 games of the match are deeply annotated.

Der amerikanische Westen, wie wir ihn uns vorstellen, ist stark durch den Film definiert. Die Geburtsstunde des Films lag nicht allzu weit entfernt vom Ende des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs und dem Zusammenführen der Eisenbahnlinien am Promontory Point. All das war dem Publikum noch bewusst, als 1903 mit THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY der erste Western gezeigt wurde. Und bekanntlich ist das Erschaffen eines Mythos mindestens ebenso bedeutend wie die brutale Wirklichkeit. Ganz so wie der Reporter in John Fords DER MANN, DER LIBERTY VALANCE ERSCHOSS zu Jimmy Stuart sagt: "Das hier ist der Wilde Westen. Wenn die Legende zur Tatsache wird, druck die Legende." Gestaltet in zeithistorischem Kolorit, ganz in Anlehnung an die unsterblichen Fotografien eines Edward S. Curtis, zeigen die WESTERN PORTRAITS OF GREAT CHARACTER ACTORS die Aura und den Mythos des Wilden Westens in authentischer Ausstattung, mit Waffen und Kostümen. Vieles bisher Unbekanntes erfahren wir über die epischen Hollywood-Western und TV-Serien in diesem umfangreichen Bildband anhand der Anekdoten und Biographien zu den Darstellern.Die Liste der über 80 Schauspieler enthält Legenden wie Karl Malden, David Carradine, Denver Pyle, R. G. Armstrong, L. Q. Jones, Horst Buchholz, Henry Silva, Ruta Lee, Morgan Woodward, Bo Hopkins, Clu Gulager und 72 weitere.Der Bildband bietet eine noch nie gesehene und über Jahrzehnte zusammengestellte Portrait-Sammlung. Das Filmgenre Western, über Jahre nicht mehr "in Mode", ist seit einem Jahr wieder sehr angesagt. WESTERN PORTRAITS wird einen Schwall nostalgischer Gefühle auslösen und dient als Quelle zum Thema Hollywood-Film.

Mark Dvoretsky is regarded as the leading chess coach in the world, and in this series of books he reveals the training methods that have transformed so many of his pupils into champions. This first title is devoted to the endgame, and examines a wide range of positions, taken mainly from games of the author's pupils. The comments are packed with practical advice, and special test positions and frequent questions ensure that the reader's participation in the book is an active one.

The initial part of this book deals with combinations and tactical techniques, and suggests methods for developing a player's calculating ability.In the second part the author analyses a number of fascinating examples, in which he examines a wide variety of attacking and defensive means. Once again, the reader is encouraged to developing his understanding by tackling numerous tests. Join in and become one of Mark Dvoretsky's pupils!This book is also available in the German edition under the title Moderne Schachtaktik.

The world's top trainer, Mark Dvoretsky, and one of his best-known pupils, grandmaster Artur Yusupov, present a five-volume series based on courses given to talented young players throughout the world. The books contain contributions by other leading trainers and grandmasters, as well as games by pupils who have attended the courses.The main theme of volume 4 is "prophylaxis", a concept first expounded by Nimzowitsch and one which has brilliantly developed by Mark Dvoretsky and his pupils. The art of positional play is explained in terms of planning, manoeuvring, the study of typical positions, and deep strategy in grandmaster games.

This third volume in Mark Dvoretsky's course is devoted to questions of strategy, and is aimed at improving the reader's positional understanding. The author also examines a number of positions that lie on the boundary between the middlegame and endgame.As in the other books of the series, he uses examples from his own games and those of his pupils, together with original analyses of episodes from other player's games.