Bylo prinyato schitat", chto rekordov v shakhmatakh net. Za isklyucheniem nekotorykh, lezhaschikh na poverkhnosti: samaya korotkaya partiya, samaya dlinnaya, samoe dolgoe prebyvanie na shakhmatnom trone... Odnako shakhmaty - shire Igry. Oni - srez Zhizni. I vot vpervye v shakhmatnoj literature eta kniga rasskazyvaet o rekordnykh dostizheniyakh i sluchayakh pochti v 100 nominatsiyakh, imeyuschikh pryamoe otnoshenie k shakhmatam.