Chess Informant 91
Publisher: Chess Informant
Author: Chess Informant
Pages: 392
Price: $25.49, £18
This is quite simply the best series of game collections in the world. Chess Informant is produced three times a year and every volume of Chess Informant offers a selection of the best games played by the world's greatest chess players.
Over 90% of the games are annotated by the players who played them. All games are classified by the world renowned code system which recognises all openings and variations.
Chess Informant 91 contains 495 annotated games and 501 variations plus The voting for the ten best games and the ten most important theoretical novelties from Chess Informant 90, theoretical survey in ECO format, the most interesting recent combinations, endings and studies, tournament standings and crosstables, and the best of Peter Leko’s creative output.
Contributors include - G. Kasparov, V. Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Mi. Adams, Svidler, R. Ponomariov, Ivanchuk, Grischuk, Sutovsky, Nisipeanu, N. Short, J. Lautier, Van Wely, Vallejo Pons, Krasenkow, Bologan, Sasikiran, I. Sokolov, A. Beliavsky, And. Volokitin, Kasimdzhanov, Rublevsky, L. Dominguez, Vescovi, M. Gurevich, Bruzon, Iordachescu, Berkes, P. Eljanov, Ki. Georgiev, Dautov, Kobalia, Alex. Fedorov, Tiviakov, Gyimesi, Korchnoi, J. Timman, Zhang Zhong, Sergey Karjakin, and many others.
The Chess Informant series contain many tournament tables and are quite simply a fantastic collection. In addition to the book you can also receive the games on a CD, this makes it easy to look through your favourite openings, players etc. by browsing through the Informants on your computer.
Verdict:
Chess Informant remains the most reliable source of high quality games and annotations. The book editions are a joy to hold although you may find the CD versions easier to navigate.

