Modern Chess: From Steinitz to the 21st Century - Craig PritchettModern Chess: From Steinitz to the 21st Century by Craig Pritchett I as though traced the evolution of chess thought and repeated its basic steps in my own development convinced that any player with high ambition should follow such a path ~ Vassily Smyslov, 125 Selected Games (1983) Take note of Vassily Smyslovs wise words. Recalling a period of intense study in his fathers chess library, Smyslov stressed that, without obtaining an understanding of