For more than ten years Boris Gelfand has been one of the world’s top-ranking players. Born in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, he has been living for several years now in Rishon-Le-Zion, Israel.

This is the first collection of his best games, which the 35-year-old grandmaster has annotated in great detail, and on a level that is suitable for every club player.

The book gives an insight into the thoughts of a professional player, who has been a candidate for the world championship and who is well known as a very effective adviser of many other top players.

There is a special chapter on the 8. Rb1 variation in the Grünfeld Defence, on which, like the Sicilian Najdorf, Boris Gelfand is one of the world’s leading experts.

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Contents
Conventional Signs    … 6
Preface     … 7
Introduction    … 8
The making of a classical grandmaster  … 9
The boy from Minsk   … 10
His rise to world-class status  … 12
Successful years    … 13
My Favourite Variation   … 17
Game 1: Gelfand-Dorfman   … 17
Game 2: Gelfand-Ftacnik   … 21
Game 3: Gelfand-lvanchuk   … 26
Game 4: Gelfand-lvanchuk   … 30
Game 5: Gelfand-Kamsky   … 34
Game 6: Gelfand-Leko   … 38
Game 7: Gelfand-Shirov   … 41
My Most Memorable Games   … 47
Game 8: Loginov-Gelfand   … 47
Game 9: Lev-Gelfand   … 50
Game 10: Gelfand-Lobron   … 55
Game 11: Gelfand-Adams   … 59
Game 12: Gelfand-Malisauskas  … 62
Game 13: Gelfand-lvanchuk   … 67
Game 14: Gheorghiu-Gelfand  … 70
Game 15: Gelfand-Kasparov   … 73
Game 16: Gelfand-Chandler   … 80
Game 17: Short- Gelfand   … 83
Game 18: Gelfand-Georgiev   … 86
Game 19: Short-Gelfand   … 94
Game 20: Damljanovic-Gelfand  … 98
Game 21: Polugayevsky-Gelfand  … 101
Game 22: Gelfand-Yusupov   … 103
Game 23: Gelfand-Shirov   … 105
Game 24: Gelfand-Anand   … 110
Game 25: Gelfand-Shirov   … 113
Game 26: Shirov-Gelfand   … 117
Game 27: Gelfand-Adams   … 121
Game 28: Gelfand-Adams   … 125
Game 29: Gelfand-Topalov   … 129
Game 30: Gelfand-Kramnik   … 133
Game 31: Shirov-Gelfand   … 139
Game 32: Gelfand-Piket   … 145
Game 33: Gelfand-Salov   … 148
Game 34: Gelfand-Karpov   … 151
Game 35: Gelfand-Korchnoi   … 154
Game 36: Gelfand-Sutovsky   … 159
Game 37: Rublevsky-Gelfand  … 163
Game 38: Gelfand - Markowski  … 169
Game 39: Gelfand - Lautier   … 172
Game 40: Gelfand - Georgiev   … 176
Game 41: Gelfand-Ye Jiangchuan  … 180
Game 42: Gelfand-Anand   … 185
Game 43: Gelfand-Piket   … 192
Game 44: Gelfand-Van Wely   … 195
Game 45: Gelfand-Delchev   … 197
Game 46: Gurevich-Gelfand   … 200
Game 47: Grischuk-Gelfand   … 203
Game 48: Gelfand-Bruzon   … 208
Game 49: Gelfand-Acs   … 210
Game 50: Shabalov-Gelfand   … 213
Game 51: Gelfand-Grischuk   … 218
Combinations    … 222
Endings     … 236
Appendix     … 252
Index of Players    … 252
Index of Games    … 255
Index of Opponents   … 260
Index of Openings    … 261