Author : Richard Roberts
Publisher : Times Books
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,13 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9780812903027
Discussions on the events leading up to the 1972 World Championship chess match and the personalities of Fischer and Spassky accompany descriptions of the twenty-one games played
Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 26,97 MB
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1476634785
This book describes the intense rivalry--and collaboration--of the four players who created the golden era when USSR chess players dominated the world. More than 200 annotated games are included, along with personal details--many for the first time in English. Mikhail Tal, the roguish, doomed Latvian who changed the way chess players think about attack and sacrifice; Tigran Petrosian, the brilliant, henpecked Armenian whose wife drove him to become the world's best player; Boris Spassky, the prodigy who survived near-starvation and later bouts of melancholia to succeed Petrosian--but is best remembered for losing to Bobby Fischer; and "Evil" Viktor Korchnoi, whose mixture of genius and jealousy helped him eventually surpass his three rivals (but fate denied him the title they achieved: world champion).
Author : George Steiner
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,4 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : Zenon Franco
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 1013 pages
File Size : 28,33 MB
Release :
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1781942684
Boris Spassky is one of the greatest chess players in the history of the game. He was the World Champion for three years, after winning the title by beating Tigran Petrosian. His name is forever linked with his great rival Bobby Fischer and their epic 1972 ‘Match of the Century’, which did so much to popularize the game throughout the world. Over the board, Spassky is renowned for his universal style, as he was equally skilled in all phases on the game. In Spassky’s best games his pieces seemed to combine together in perfect harmony, and he produced a number of memorable masterpieces. In this book, Grandmaster Zenón Franco examines in detail Spassky’s chess style, selects and studies his favourite Spassky games, and demonstrates how we can all improve our chess by learning from Spassky’s play. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge. Learn from the games of a chess legendImportant ideas absorbed by continued practiceUtilizes an ideal approach to chess study
Author : Andy Soltis
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,77 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9780679130024
Author : Richard Roberts
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 24,76 MB
Release : 2013-05
Category : Games
ISBN : 9784871875493
This book tells the story and the drama of the Chess Match of the Century. There have been many books on the 1972 Match between Fischer and Spassky for the World Chess Championship. However, this book is different from the others in that it was written by professional writers who wrote regularly for The New York Times. The quality of the writing is superior. It also does not bore the non-chess players who are likely to be reading this book. It does not contain technical variations that were not played in the actual games. It was only because his results showed that he was clearly the strongest player in the world that Lt. Col. Edmondson, President of the United States Chess Federation, and Max Euwe, President of the World Chess Federation ("FIDE"), went to extraordinary lengths to get him to play. Meanwhile, the rest of us who knew Fischer watched from the sidelines, feeling almost certain that Fischer would not sit down to play, or if he did start the match he would never complete the schedule. We were proven wrong and they were proven right. Included in this reprint is a new introduction and all moves of the twenty games actually played.
Author : Yasser Seirawan
Publisher :
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 35,53 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Games
ISBN : 9781879479081
Author : Robert Byrne
Publisher : Ishi Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 18,96 MB
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9784871875370
The definitive analysis of this seminal chess match in 1972, with a new introduction by Sam Sloane.
Author : Bernard Cafferty
Publisher : Hardinge Simpole Limited
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 11,66 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Games
ISBN : 9781843820000
Cafferty covers the career of the brilliantly aggressive and stunningly speculative Soviet Grandmaster Boris Spassky through where he conquers Petrosian, on to the celebrated match of the century against the mercurial Bobby Fischer. Contains the very best of Boris Spassky.
Author : Svetozar Gligoric
Publisher : Ishi Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 2012-10
Category : Games
ISBN : 9784871875141
Fischer vs. Spassky The World Chess Championship Match 1972 The chess match of the century has finally taken place and chess masters throughout the world have already agreed that s6me of the games are among the greatest that have ever been played. Numerous books will be published over the next few years in which these games will be analyzed, but there are several features that will make this book stand apart from all the others: The author, Svetozar Gligoric, is one of the greatest grandmasters in the world and has played both Fischer and Spassky. (This obviously gives him much greater insight into the psychology behind the moves and the choices of openings.) The author was at the scene not only to record and analyze the chess moves but was there to describe the action behind the scenes, away from the board, in his capacity as journalist for two leading Yugoslavian newspapers. lt was written day by day as the match took place and while all the fascinating details of the struggle were fresh in the author's mind. As a result, Fischer vs. Spassky enables the average chess player not only to grasp the meaning and purpose of the moves, but also to have a full appreciation of the excitement and beauty of this historic battle. Although the games were not allowed to be televised. this book is the closest one can come to experiencing a live telecast of the titanic confrontation, with Gligoric, journalist and great master, at one's elbow, every moment.
