A few of them are known amongst certain segments of the chess world, but none are known widely as I believe they deserve to be. As Károlyi writes in the preface: Most of the people featured in this book have recorded significant achievements, yet they remain virtually anonymous to the great majority of chess fans. Genius in the Background by Tibor Károlyi and Nick Aplin (published by Quality Chess) is a book about, well, geniuses in the background. In such cases, reading something from Genius in the Background, is the perfect remedy for me. Another super tournament with seven players out of the top 10 another huge open featuring dozens of well-known GMs fighting hard for serious money prizes another great exhibition rapid match between two former World Championship candidates. Sometimes, I get a little tired of reading about the big names in chess all the time.
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