A chess play with an intermission to Covid. Tournament of applicants. Yekaterinburg 2020-2021

In his new work, an authoritative grandmaster, coach and author talks about the unique tournament of applicants, who, due to the pandemic, stretched for more than 400 days: the first circle was played in Yekaterinburg in the spring of 2020, the second - only a year later. The author in detail analyzes all 56 fights of the leading grandmasters of the world, focusing on the psychological component: he is trying to explain why the players took for the board and in preparation this or that decision. The tournament was distinguished by an incredible intensity of the struggle and pleased with the fans of chess with many bright parties. The first place was won by the Russian grandmaster Jan Nepomnya, who received the right to play the match for the crown with the world champion Magnus Karlsen (Norway)
"Talent and courage shown by the best chess players in the world during universal trouble are worthy of their annals" (V. Tukmakov)
complements the book of an interview with Yana Nepomnya, which he gave "in hot pursuit" - on the end of the applicants" tournament.
For a wide range of chess fans