Tal-Botvinnik 1960: Match For The World Championship
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In 1960, the chess world witnessed one of its most electrifying upsets: a brash twenty-three-year-old prodigy from Riga dismantled the seemingly unassailable Soviet champion Mikhail Botvinnik to claim the title of World Chess Champion. Tal-Botvinnik 1960: Match for the World Championship chronicles that legendary contest game by game, as narrated by the victor himself — Mikhail Tal, the Magician from Riga — offering readers an intimate and masterly account of the tactical genius and psychological warfare that defined each of the twenty-one games played in Moscow. Written with the sharp wit and fearless creativity that characterised Tal's play over the board, this volume presents detailed annotations, strategic insights, and candid reflections on the risks and rewards of his signature attacking style. It stands as an essential document in chess literature, not merely as a record of moves, but as a window into the mind of one of the game's most captivating and unconventional champions. For chess enthusiasts and historians alike, it raises an enduring question: was Tal's triumph a triumph of genius, or of inspired chaos?
Author: Mikhail Tal
Format: Paperback
Published: 1973, Bell-Lucas, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut
Genre: Sport & fitness
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In 1960, the chess world witnessed one of its most electrifying upsets: a brash twenty-three-year-old prodigy from Riga dismantled the seemingly unassailable Soviet champion Mikhail Botvinnik to claim the title of World Chess Champion. Tal-Botvinnik 1960: Match for the World Championship chronicles that legendary contest game by game, as narrated by the victor himself — Mikhail Tal, the Magician from Riga — offering readers an intimate and masterly account of the tactical genius and psychological warfare that defined each of the twenty-one games played in Moscow. Written with the sharp wit and fearless creativity that characterised Tal's play over the board, this volume presents detailed annotations, strategic insights, and candid reflections on the risks and rewards of his signature attacking style. It stands as an essential document in chess literature, not merely as a record of moves, but as a window into the mind of one of the game's most captivating and unconventional champions. For chess enthusiasts and historians alike, it raises an enduring question: was Tal's triumph a triumph of genius, or of inspired chaos?