Because of his very complicated life, our chess hero just doesn't have the time! This is a pity because he has so many incredible stories to tell and he is the only person who can do it. He has been working on it now for several years but, besides a basic outline and a couple of chapters, nothing has come of it. 1 heard many fascinating stories which, 1 imagine, should all be part of David's autobiography. He looked a couple of seconds at the position on the board and recognised his game with Herman Pilnik! Often, when we looked at a game, instead of making the annotations he started reminiscing. 1 checked and indeed there were two moves missing! When we selected photographs for this book and looked at the one from the Candidates Tournament in Amsterdam 1956, where David was shown seated behind the board without his opponent, 1 asked him whom he was playing. For instance, when he looked at his game with Donner (page 277), played more than 30 years ago, he immediately saw there was something wrong but could not pinpoint what it was. Many times 1 have benefited from David's fantastic memory He recalled dates, places, games, events and incidents as if they occurred yesterday. Have we succeeded? You, the reader, will be the judge of that. Our grandmaster wanted to make games and comments easy to understand and to explain in simple terms the beauty of a real fight on the chessboard, the elements of strategy and the finesses of combinations. Many, many times 1 had to rewrite his comments as he was not satisfied. This was an extremely tiring but, in the end, a very rewarding experience for both of us. David and 1 have worked many hours together. 1 guess they await other books, yet to be written. Quite a few of them have never been published before. This thought came back to me when 1 read somewhere of what Petrosian had said about David: 'The younger generation of players think that modern chess began with such things as the Informator but players of my generation know that it started with Bronstein!' It was an extremely difficult task trying to make a selection for this book as there are literally hundreds and hundreds of David Bronstein's games in my home. It was then that 1 wondered if the wind was caused by the swaying tree tops or if the wind made the tree tops sway. The Sorcerer's Apprentice When 1 was about 6 or 7 years old 1 often went for long walks by myself through the forest, and when 1 grew tired 1 would lie on my back watching the trees and listening to the wind. Printed in Great Britain by Redwood Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Typeset by ChessSetter Cover illustration by Sammy Rubinstein, son of Eugenie Lew and Akiba Rubinstein, another grandmaster to share David's fate as one of the strongest players never to become World Champion Cover design by Brian Robins
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1 85744 151 6 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Box 833, Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475-0833, USA All rights reserved. Distributed in North America by The Globe Pequot Press, 6 Business Park Rd, P.O. THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE 40 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NOVICEĥ0 GAMES WITH COMMENTS 60 GAMES WITH D I A G ^ M Sħ0 PICTURESQUE GAMES 70 Created by David Bronstein Compiled by Tom FUrstenbergĬopyright © 1995 David Bronstein and Tom Furstenberg First published 1995 by Cadogan Books pIc, 27-29 Berwick St, London WIV 3RF. S O R C E R E R ' S A P P R E N T I C E D A V I D
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