Review of 'The Day Kasparov Quit and Other Chess Interviews' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
In general the book was good. It is a collection of interviews that Geuzendam made for the periodical New in Chess in the late 90s and early 2000s. As such, it is interesting to see what the chess luminaries of the time thought might happen as the chess world fought to knit itself together from the Great GMA-FIDE Schism of the 90s. Most of the cautious optimism proved unfounded, save for the World Championship Unification Match, as the chess world continues under the disaster of the FIDE Presidency of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.
I found the general interviews most interesting, and the interviews concentrating on a specific event somewhat less so. The book is critical and interesting for chess historians, but somewhat less so for other populations.