(My Great Predecessors, vol. 1: From Steinitz to Aljechin). First part of Kasparovs work is devoted to uncrowned champions (Anderssen, Morphy), but mainly to first four World champions: Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-1894), Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921), Jose Raul Capablanca (1921-1927) and Alexandr Aljechin (1927-1935, 1937-1946). Kasparov writes about a history of chess championships, about style of champions and their contribution to chess. The main part of the book are 148 in detail annotated games with Kasparovs notes, using also both notes from contemporary sources and analysis of modern computer programs. Accompanied by ca 100 interesting photos. Index of players and openings. This is an unchanged reprint of the 1st Czech edition from 2005. Series Sachove skvosty 11.