Book Review in process

 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.