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Botvinnik versus Smyslov and Petrosian

Four World Chess Championship Matches - 1954, 1957, 1958 and 1963

By: Mikhail Botvinnik

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Botvinnik versus Smyslov and Petrosian

Four World Chess Championship Matches - 1954, 1957, 1958 and 1963

By: Mikhail Botvinnik

The writings of Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (1911 – 1995) are legendary. And Botvinnik’s legacy is deeply imprinted in the DNA of every grandmaster today, says Andy Soltis in his foreword to this book. ‘The Patriarch’ took professionalism in chess to a new level and was the first to emphasize preparation: what a player does before a game plays an enormous, if not decisive, role in what happens during a game. In this book, Botvinnik writes the story of the three clashes with his compatriot Vasily Smyslov, matches full of tension between two virtually equal opponents, and his match with Tigran Petrosian, which marks the end of an era: the mighty Botvinnik lost his world title fifteen years after he conquered the highest crown for the first time. The first part of this book gives Botvinnik’s view of three World Championship matches and how he prepared for them. The matches were as great a clash of personalities as in any world championship, as much as Karpov versus Kasparov. While Botvinnik played the role of a stern father, Smyslov was like the smiling, easy-going uncle. Botvinnik was proud of what he called his ‘hard character’. Smyslov seemed to get along with everyone. His attitude was to try to do his best and let fate decide. The last part of the book is the gripping account of a heroic battle. The ageing Botvinnik desperately tries to bounce back after his Armenian opponent Tigran Petrosian has taken an early lead, but ultimately, The Patriarch fails. Mikhail Botvinnik, one of the greatest chess players of all time, analyses many of the games, reveals his match strategy and comments on the strategic choices of his opponent. This important historical document also features annotations and writings by Smyslov, Petrosian and other top grandmasters, the games of a secret training match by Botvinnik and Botvinnik’s legendary notebooks, including the final one containing his preparation for a match with Bobby Fischer in 1969 – a match that was never to be.

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9083347966

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Botvinnik

100 Selected Games

By: Mikhail Botvinnik

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Botvinnik

100 Selected Games

By: Mikhail Botvinnik

The 100 outstanding games in this volume are Mikhail Botvinnik's own choices as the best games he played before becoming World Champion in 1948. They cover the period from his first big tournament — the USSR Championship of 1927, in which the 16-year-old Botvinnik became a master — to the International Tournament at Groningen in 1946 — in which he demonstrated his qualifications for winning the world championship. Botvinnik, an expert analyst as well as a champion, had annotated these games himself, giving a complete exposition of his strategy and techniques against such leading chess players as Alekhine, Capablanca, Euwe, Keres, Reshevsky, Smyslov, Tartakower, Vidmar, and many others. In a foreword, he discusses his career, his method of play, and the system of training he has adopted for tournament play. A careful study of these 100 games should prove rewarding to anyone interested in modern chess. A full variety of the most popular modern-day opening is provided, including the Ruy Lopez, Sicilian Defense, French Defense, Queen's Gambit Declined, Nimzo-Indian Defense, and others. This volume also includes a long article on the development of chess in Russia, in which Botvinnik discusses Tchigorin, Alekhine, and their influence on the Soviet school of chess; the author's six studies of endgame positions; and Botvinnik's record in tournament and match play through 1948.

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0486145492

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9780486145495

Botvinnik versus Smyslov and Petrosian

Four World Chess Championship Matches - 1954, 1957, 1958 and 1963

By: Mikhail Botvinnik

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Four World Chess Championship Matches - 1954, 1957, 1958 and 1963

By: Mikhail Botvinnik

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Tal-Botvinnik 1960

Match for the World Chess Championship

By: Mikhail Tal

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Tal-Botvinnik 1960

Match for the World Chess Championship

By: Mikhail Tal

One of the greatest books ever written about a world championship match. In 1960 Mikhail Botvinnik was the pillar of "scientific " chess and the ironwilled champion of the world. The young attacking genius Mihail Tal, the "Wizard of Riga," put the magic back into the game by defeating Botvinnik with spectacular tactics in one of the most dramatic and celebrated world championship matches of all time. This is Tal's own classic work on the contest. In it he sets the stage and explains every one of the 21 games, telling both the on- and off-the-board story of this tatanic clash of styles and thought. Take a trip with the Magician from Riga as he invites you to share his thoughts and feelings as he does battle for the world title. "Mikhail Tal's splendid account of his world championship match victory is one of the masterpieces of the golden age of annotation - before insights and feelings and flashes of genius were reduced to mere moves and Informant symbols. This is simply the best book written about a world championship match by a contestant. That shouldn't be a surprise because Tal was the finest writer to become world champion." - From the Foreword by International Grandmaster Andy Soltis

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1936490161

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One Hundred Selected Games

By: Mikhail Botvinnik

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One Hundred Selected Games

By: Mikhail Botvinnik

World champion who dominated chess in the 1940s and '50s selects and annotates his own best games to 1946. 221 diagrams.

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0486206203

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The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

By: Mikhail Tal

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The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

By: Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal, the 'magician from Riga,' was the greatest attacking World Champion of them all, and this enchanting autobiography chronicles his extraordinary career with charm and humor. Dazzling games are interspersed throughout with anecdotes and witty self-interviews, and in typically objective fashion he related both the downs and ups of his encounters. An inveterate smoker and drinker, Tal's life on the circuit was punctuated by bouts in the hospital with kidney problems, but nothing could dull his love for chess and his sheer genius on the chessboard. His illustrious tournament record, up to his death in 1992, is included here in full, along with 100 complete games and nearly as many positions. Tal's annotations in this book are a world apart from ordinary games collections. No reader could fail to be swept along by his passion and vitality as he sets the scene for an encounter and then recounts every psychological twist and turn.

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Everyman Chess

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1781944334

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The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess

From Club Player to Master

By: Mikhail Shereshevsky

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The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess

From Club Player to Master

By: Mikhail Shereshevsky

Two instructional classics condensed into one practical volume! In 2014 the Russian Chess Federation started a wide-ranging programme aimed at the revival of chess in Russia. One of the first actions that were taken was commissioning legendary Belarusian chess coach Mikhail Shereshevsky to recapitulate and condense his famous training methods. In doing so Shereshevsky has created a totally reworked compendium of his acclaimed classics Endgame Strategy and The Soviet Chess Conveyor, with many new examples, exercises and discussions of various training methods. Furthermore, he has added a new and highly effective approach on how to calculate variations. Club players all over the world who wish to improve their game now have access to Shereshevsky’s famous training programme in one volume and can learn: How to build an opening repertoire How to study the chess classics to maximum benefit How to master the most important endgame principles How to effectively and efficiently calculate variations The Shereshevsky Method offers a unique opportunity to improve your game with one of the supreme examples of Russian chess training excellence. Studying this manual will enrich your understanding of chess enormously and help your progress on the way to chess mastery.

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905691765X

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Chess Creativity of Botvinnik

By: Viktor Davidovich Baturinsky,Mikhail Botvinnik

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Chess Creativity of Botvinnik

By: Viktor Davidovich Baturinsky,Mikhail Botvinnik

The publication covers the most games played by World Chess Champion Botvinnik Chess in 40 years of activity, its commentaries, theoretical, analytical and historical works. This the first volume contains 283 annotated games for the years 1924-1940, in chronological order, articles on events of this period, the article "On the definition of a combination." Also published is an introductory article by Mikhail Botvinnik (p. 5-113), that provides a list of the results of Botvinnik in tournaments, matches and team competitions.

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4871875938

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Study Chess with Tal

chess tactics from the grandmaster

By: Mikhail Tal,Alexander Koblencs

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Study Chess with Tal

chess tactics from the grandmaster

By: Mikhail Tal,Alexander Koblencs

Mikhail Tal is one of the all-time chess greats. In 1960 he became the youngest champion in world history at the age of 23, sweeping to victory at his first attempt. His extraordinary tactical ability has never been bettered, and his reputation goes from strength to strength. This absorbing book, first published in the early 1980s, is based on diaries kept by Tal's coach from their training sessions, and this unique perspective makes it a fascinating and effective chess instructor, written in engaging language and suitable for teenagers as well as older readers. It shows how Tal achieved greatness through hard work, application and the influence of a world-class coach, and through this book modern readers can catch a glimpse of the development of a true chess genius. The book is fully updated and converted to algebraic format. p”

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Batsford Books

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1849941912

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9781849941914

Endgame Strategy

By: Mikhail Shereshevsky

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Endgame Strategy

By: Mikhail Shereshevsky

In this widely acclaimed chess classic, Russian trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky explains how to master the most important endgame principles. Where other endgame manuals focus on the basics and theoretical endgames, this book teaches the ‘big ideas’ that will help you find the most promising and most practical moves in any endgame. Even in endgames, it helps to think schematically instead of trying to calculate every move. To maximize your winning chances, this invaluable manual will teach you lessons such as ‘do not hurry’ and ‘centralize your king’ or ‘fight for the initiative’. Endgame Strategy is considered to be one of the most important endgame manuals. In comparison with the 1981 publication, this new edition has been thoroughly revised and the author has added dozens of new and inspiring positions. The book is highly recommended by club players, coaches, and grandmasters alike. ‘I especially read the chapter “Do not hurry!” with pleasure; not just because I agree with what he says, but more importantly because it defines the playing style of Magnus Carlsen,’ said Grandmaster Simen Agdestein, long-time trainer of the Norwegian World Champion.

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9493257398

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Tal-Botvinnik 1960

Match for the World Chess Championship

By: Mikhail Tal

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Tal-Botvinnik 1960

Match for the World Chess Championship

By: Mikhail Tal

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The World Chess Championship 1963

By: Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik,Tigran Petrosian,R. G. Wade

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The World Chess Championship 1963

By: Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik,Tigran Petrosian,R. G. Wade

From 1948 until 1963 Mikhail Botvinnik, the iron man of soviet chess and chess board devotee of Josef Stalin, had maintained his grip on the supreme title. Tigran Petrosian was a super subtle strategist.

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Hardinge Simpole Limited

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1843820110

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Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution

By: Mikhail V. Volkenstein

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Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution

By: Mikhail V. Volkenstein

Mr. Wolkenstein's Physical Approaches to Biological Evolution, whether or not it proves to give the ultimate truth on the matters with which it deals, certainly deserves, by its breadth and scope and profundity, to be considered an impor tant event in the philosophical world." This is a quotation from an introduction written by Bertrand Russell for Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. I exchanged only name and subject. As for the rest, I could continue quoting Russell, but I would rather say something myself. As Wittgenstein did with formal logic, Wolkenstein rectifies our views on how to approach the logic of life from a formal theoretical basis. Many bio logists do not believe that their subject lends itself to the scrutiny of physical theory. They certainly admit that one can simulate biological phenomena by models that can be expressed in a mathematical form. However, they do not believe that biology can be given a theoretical foundation that is defined within the general framework of physics. Rather, they insist on a holistic approach, banning any reduction to fundamental principles subject to physical theory.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642787886

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9783642787881

Euwe - Alekhine

The World Chess Championship Rematch (1937)

By: Mikhail Botvinnik

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Euwe - Alekhine

The World Chess Championship Rematch (1937)

By: Mikhail Botvinnik

The return match Alekhine -- Euwe was the most significant event in 1937. Both outstanding players were in excellent shape, except for the unsuccessful game of Euwe at the finish. Their games are a good material to study and, first of all, can bring invaluable benefits to all young chess players. The match-return of Alekhine -- Euwe is much more interesting than their first match in 1935. If in the first match, Alekhine played several games, roughly speaking "adventurous", then in this match he was playing in an actual style. The same style in which he played in the 1927 match with Capablanca. However, even in this match, he sometimes unreasonably complicated the position (for example, the fourteenth game); it seems to me that this is due to different reasons -- no matter how strong a chess player is, he can incorrectly assess the position. When at the end of 1937 I commented on two games of rematch for the magazine "Chess in the USSR", I noticed that my comments differ from those previously published. Moreover, this is quite understandable: comments can be unmistakable if the chess player does not write them in a hurry. I concluded that it would be extremely useful to re-analyze all the games of the match, despite the fact that they are well known to the Soviet reader. I set myself the task of analyzing the games as deeply as possible, so that the picture of the struggle was the most complete. The readers with interest would re-examine the games. It is not for me to judge how well this task has been accomplished. In advance, I must warn the reader that in some simple games I was not able to contribute anything substantial. However, in those games where the struggle was complicated -- here, it seems, I fulfilled my intentions satisfactorily.

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169843734X

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Alekhine Vs Bogoljubov

The World Chess Championship 1929

By: Mikhail Botvinnik,Peter Romanovsky,Veniamin Sozin

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Alekhine Vs Bogoljubov

The World Chess Championship 1929

By: Mikhail Botvinnik,Peter Romanovsky,Veniamin Sozin

The 1929 World Chess Championship was played between challenger Efim Bogoljubow and titleholder Alexander Alekhine. The match was held in Wiesbaden, Heidelberg and Berlin in Germany, and The Hague and Amsterdam in the Netherlands from September 6 to November 12. Alekhine retained his title.The match began September 6, 1929 under the following conditions: Alekhine would get $6,000 dollars win or lose, with any surplus going to Bogoljubov. A winner would be declared if he scored 151/2 points with 6 wins from a maximum of 30 games. Unlike the Capablanca-Alekhine 1927 match, which had been played in private, the Alekhine-Bogoljubov match would be played in public. The organizers insisted on this, in order to raise money from ticket sales. Only those cities that contributed to the purse would be allowed to host the match: Wiesbaden (games 1-8; 24-25), Heidelberg (games 9-11), Berlin (games 12-17), The Hague (games 18-19; 23), Rotterdam (game 20), and Amsterdam (games 21-22). Emanuel Lasker served as arbiter in the Berlin games

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