2024 the best movies 21st century review

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Who does not like Romantic Chess, does not like chess.
Whoever is not moved, whoever is not exalted with, for example, de Labourdonnais and his game of the three pawns in seventh, with the game of Morphy in the opera, the Immortal and the Evergreen of Anderssen or with the Weightless Rook (do not look for, the baptism is mine) of Steinitz in Hastings, cannot, in my opinion, be a true chess player.
In the present work, Álvaro Bermejo del Barrio, a true chess player through and through, brings together this collection of photographs he has taken on a safari through the savannah of the 19th century chessboards. And he does it with the careful taste of a lover of beauty and the precise chess knowledge of an experienced player. And above all with the unconditional love that every chess player must have for our goddess Caissa. Thus, the author of the anthology gives us a map to go through that hundred years in which chess is becoming popular and is laying its foundations both organizational and theoretical-scientific, where the one who has remained as a nominal reference in the popular heritage is Wilhelm Steinitz and his The Modern Chess Instructor, although the question is more complex.
On the other hand, the 19th century is the century that lays the foundations of the modern era, recording, publishing and commenting all the games of a match; the century of the birth of the first chess column in a newspaper, of the creation of the first chess-themed magazine, of the first clubs dedicated exclusively to our game, of the first international tournament, of the institution of the title of world champion (again our Steinitz) and of the valuation of the time of reflection as a key competitive element.
The vineyard is good and winemaker Bermejo has been up to the task. The result: a wine list that does not matter which page you open; it offers a glass of tempting bouquet. So, dear readers, I leave you in the hands of Álvaro Bermejo del Barrio to begin your visit to the centenary winery of the 19th century and have no qualms and no measure, get drunk with as much talent as you did in the cellars of that golden century.
José Luis Torrego
Madrid, March 2024

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Editora Solis (August 3, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 172 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 6598628253
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-6598628253
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.69 x 0.39 x 9.61 inches