Last night I began a review of Garry Kasparov’s volume one of “My Great Predecessors,” but I didn’t finish or even time-stamp it. Oh well, it was sometime early in the evening or perhaps even late in the afternoon. The point is that I will finish the review sooner than I will finish the book. As of this writing, I am on page 11. To be honest, I did a quick read of some bits of the chapters, but only to whet my appetite. This book alone is a massive undertaking, and I am talking of only the first volume! The page numbers end at 464 and the print isn’t large, so it resembles a college text-book in many ways. The book is historical and informative, yet not really a tome. I have been following the story of chess since 1968 and Garry has revealed even more than few surprises to my absolute delight. So now I return to page 11, soon to turn to page 12, and immerse my mind into the history of the struggle which began before the 1600’s.