Yes, after searching through amazon.com and the like, it appears there is no current comprehensive Kasparov game collection available. Surprising, to say the least.
The Complete Games of Garry Kasparov?
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Crazychessplaya wrote:
Yes, after searching through amazon.com and the like, it appears there is no current comprehensive Kasparov game collection available. Surprising, to say the least.
Completely unsurprising in my opinion... how thick a volume (or set of tomes) would anyone be willing to buy and give shelf-space to? A "best of" collection is more convenient and saleable.
chessgames.com will have a ton of database from his games.
PrawnEatsPrawn wrote:
Crazychessplaya wrote:
Yes, after searching through amazon.com and the like, it appears there is no current comprehensive Kasparov game collection available. Surprising, to say the least.
Completely unsurprising in my opinion... how thick a volume (or set of tomes) would anyone be willing to buy and give shelf-space to? A "best of" collection is more convenient and saleable.
I'd be willing to buy a two-volume set, if one volume was the size of Wade and O'Connell's "The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer." Kasparov's career counts for twice (roughly) as many games as Fischer's, so two thick volumes would suffice.
Crazychessplaya wrote:
PrawnEatsPrawn wrote:
Crazychessplaya wrote:
Yes, after searching through amazon.com and the like, it appears there is no current comprehensive Kasparov game collection available. Surprising, to say the least.
Completely unsurprising in my opinion... how thick a volume (or set of tomes) would anyone be willing to buy and give shelf-space to? A "best of" collection is more convenient and saleable.
I'd be willing to buy a two-volume set, if one volume was the size of Wade and O'Connell's "The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer." Kasparov's career counts for twice (roughly) as many games as Fischer's, so two thick volumes would suffice.
Fair enough, there will always be enthusiasts willing to stump up that lttle bit more, but publishers look at the bottom line (as must all businesspeople).... particular appeal is not mass appeal.
Anyway, I'm happy to avoid all the one-sided games (that would fill out such a publication) and have the good games hand-picked by experts for me.
PrawnEatsPrawn wrote:
Crazychessplaya wrote:
PrawnEatsPrawn wrote:
Crazychessplaya wrote:
Yes, after searching through amazon.com and the like, it appears there is no current comprehensive Kasparov game collection available. Surprising, to say the least.
Completely unsurprising in my opinion... how thick a volume (or set of tomes) would anyone be willing to buy and give shelf-space to? A "best of" collection is more convenient and saleable.
I'd be willing to buy a two-volume set, if one volume was the size of Wade and O'Connell's "The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer." Kasparov's career counts for twice (roughly) as many games as Fischer's, so two thick volumes would suffice.
Fair enough, there will always be enthusiasts willing to stump up that lttle bit more, but publishers look at the bottom line (as must all businesspeople).... particular appeal is not mass appeal.
Anyway, I'm happy to avoid all the one-sided games (that would fill out such a publication) and have the good games hand-picked by experts for me.
I love to see a complete collection of Kasparov's games (other than Chessgames.com).
I'm counting on the publisher McFarland & Company to take up the challenge. If they can "do" Amos Burn for a price of 95 US dollars (no misprint) and get six five-star reviews on amazon.com, why not try Kasparov?
get my great predesecors, even though it only has one of his games, it is a very gooooooooooooooooood book!!!!!!!!!!!
NNaa33 wrote:
get my great predesecors, even though it only has one of his games, it is a very gooooooooooooooooood book!!!!!!!!!!!
I already own all five volumes 
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lol same here
they are good
Jan 9, 2010
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Mark Weeks has a PGN archive with most of his games through 2003. There is a collection of around 2000 games on PGN Mentor. Edward Winter has a list of books about Kasparov.
Folks, I have all kinds of books on Kasparov ("The Test of Time", "Fighting Chess", Stohl's two-volume collection etc.) but I don't have a complete collection of his games. I am not ever sure whether such a book was published. I am looking for something similar to the classic Wade and O'Connell's "The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer." Is there a similar book about Kasparov on the market?