The Life and Games of Carlos Torre
| AUTHOR | Velasco; Kingston |
| PUBLISHER | Thinkers Publishing (04/04/2023) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Other (Hardcover) |
Torre's own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. These come from several sources: the American Chess Bulletin, his book of the 1926 Mexican Championship tournament, and his instructional booklet Development of Chess Ability. -
Several games have been added. Some, frankly, are Torre losses, which we give in the interest of presenting a more complete, balanced picture of his play. The first edition, to some extent, looked at Torre through rose-colored glasses; here we aim only for untinted clarity. Also added are the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican Championship tournament book (see Chapter VIII). -
There are many more diagrams and photographs than in the first edition. Also more thumbnail bios of Torre's opponents. -
More ancillary material about Torre's life and career: pictures, anecdotes, interesting facts, opinions, bits of trivia etc., drawn from the ACB, the Wiener Schachzeitung, the film Torre x Torre, and other sources. -
A 1927 interview with Torre, published in the Yucatn magazine Anahuac, in Chapter III. -
Chapter IV, excerpts from the book 64 Variaciones Sobre un Tema de Torre by his friend Germn de la Cruz.
Torre's own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. These come from several sources: the American Chess Bulletin, his book of the 1926 Mexican Championship tournament, and his instructional booklet Development of Chess Ability. -
Several games have been added. Some, frankly, are Torre losses, which we give in the interest of presenting a more complete, balanced picture of his play. The first edition, to some extent, looked at Torre through rose-colored glasses; here we aim only for untinted clarity. Also added are the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican Championship tournament book (see Chapter VIII). -
There are many more diagrams and photographs than in the first edition. Also more thumbnail bios of Torre's opponents. -
More ancillary material about Torre's life and career: pictures, anecdotes, interesting facts, opinions, bits of trivia etc., drawn from the ACB, the Wiener Schachzeitung, the film Torre x Torre, and other sources. -
A 1927 interview with Torre, published in the Yucatn magazine Anahuac, in Chapter III. -
Chapter IV, excerpts from the book 64 Variaciones Sobre un Tema de Torre by his friend Germn de la Cruz.