The third book by Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam (after LINARES! LINARES! and FINDING BOBBY FISCHER) offers the reader thirty interviews with a who's who of top level chess for the last twenty years. Giants like Kasparov and Kramnik have multiple interviews at different stages in their careers and Anand and Leko are both represented, but not only the absolute top have been interviewed.  American readers will appreciate hearing form Alex Yermolinsky, Alex Shabolov, and Hikaru Nakamura.
 
  To be a good interviewer it helps to select individuals who have interesting things to say. It also doesn't hurt if you know the right questions to ask, and are not afraid to ask tough ones when appropriate. Dirk Jan passes both of these tests easily and THE DAY KASPAROV QUIT has plenty of memorable passages. Just a quick glance at the titles of each chapter could fill a book of chess quotes. A few examples: "He is not God as Ivanchuk said and I proved it." - Vladimir Kramnik referring to Kasparov. "It depends on God. If I feel the moment is there I will go into a monastery." - FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. "Chess players seem to think the world owes them a living. And it doesn't." - English GM and successful businessman David Norwood.
 
THE DAY KASPAROV QUIT will provide many hours of reading pleasure for chess players of all strengths and ages. Note that all interviews in this book were previously printed in New in Chess with the exception of those with Miguel Najdorf, Vasily Ivanchuk, and the one with Vladimir Kramnik form Novgorod, 1997. Like SMART CHIP FROM ST. PETERSBURG, there are many fascinating photos throughout the book.

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