Forgotten Genius

Slovenske Albin Planinc (1944-2010) markerte seg på 70-tallet som en kreativ og uvanlig original stormester. To av dagens stormestere presenterer en seriøs, ganske stor og leseverdig bok med partier og portrett av mannen.

Vi husker Planinc også som en sterk jugoslavisk stormester med resultater som seier delt med Petrosian i IBM-turneringen i Amsterdam i 1973, foran Spasskij og andre størrelser. Partiene i denne boka er flott kommentert med mer ord og tanker enn varianter.

På 80-tallet forsvant Planinc dessverre ut av turneringssjakken, med etterhvert store psykiske problemer.

Forlagets egen omtale:

Albin Planinc was born in the middle of the Second World War, on 18th April 1944, in the little village of Brise, near the small town of Zagorje ob Savi, approximately 30 kilometers from Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. He spent his childhood with his mother Ljudmila (unofficially Milka), a simple, uneducated woman who earned money from various unskilled jobs.

This fascinating biography of over eighty-five annotated games and stories are being presented by grandmasters Georg Mohr and Adrian Mikhalchishin. It covers Planinc' entire life and chess career, including his most fascinating games. This fitting tribute of a forgotten chess genius should be found in anyone's chess library. Thanks to this colorful book Albin Planinc will continue to inspire us all and will keep his spirit alive.