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From the Judges’ Report of the ECF Book of the Year:
“What lifts this book is Timman’s affectionate, intimate descriptions of the personalities of the world champions. The book must be read to obtain the full flavour of Timman’s writing. It is by no means all reverential. Timman can be sharp (Fischer’s later life, Kasparov’s chess politics); but also compassionate, despairing of Tal’s bohemian life style (..) Timman’s Titans is the most informative, interesting and revealing book on the world champions covered, both as people and chess players.”
IM Jeroen Bosch, Schaakmagazine:
“One of the finest chessbooks that have recently been published (..) Although Timman doesn’t keep silent about matters such as matchfixing, abuse of power or excessive drinking, he writes his portraits with a fundamentally positive view.”
John Henderson, First Move:
“Brim full of insight, anecdotes, and well-annotated games that we’ve come to normally expect from the living legend. This is a smorgasbord of a book that will easily keep the reader amazed, entertained and thoroughly enthralled from cover to cover.”
Magnus Carlsen on reading Timman’s Titans:
“It was very inspiring to relive some of the great ideas from the past”
Sean Marsh, CHESS Magazine (UK):
“A very interesing book, full of anecdotes I have never seen elsewhere (..) Entertaining and instructive, ‘Timman’s Titans’ is also Timman’s finest.”
B.H.Wilders, Nederlands Dagblad:
“The many anecdotes will changes the views of quite a few readers (..) A classic.”
Uwe Bekemann, German Correspondence Chess Federation:
“Even chess insiders will find in the stories a lot of information they don’t know (..) I have always been a fan of Timman’s way of annotating games. He makes what happens on the board very easily accessible, so much so that you feel yourself fully immersed in the secrets of the game.”
