I.Zaitsev

GM Igor Zaitsev

Articles

I.Zaitsev. Transformation of a system
Grandmaster Igor Zaitsev in his new work on rook endgame theory analises the ending of the famous game Botvinnik - Fischer, Varna 1962.

I. Zaitsev. THE PHILOSOPHY OF STRATEGY (Part 2)
During the last one and a half centuries the process of qualitative improvement of the chess substantial part has been on the ascent all the time, and now none of the examples from classic arsenal seems to meet modern requirements. And this is no wonder, as the chess space is as limitless as the universal one. As far back as in 1950s Mikhail Tal has foretold prophetically that a manned flight to the Moon would happen much sooner than a faultless chess game.

I.Zaitsev. THE PHILOSOPHY OF STRATEGY (Part 1)
In my opinion, the extract of knowledge obtained, owing to the peculiarities of our thinking, principally by trial-and-error method, must in all probability be considered exactly the end product which the mankind aspires to in any sphere of its intellectual activities.