Petrosian's Best Games Of Chess
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: fep and title pages missing.
A masterclass in strategic genius awaits within the pages of Petrosian's Best Games of Chess, a definitive collection chronicling the most brilliant and instructive games of Tigran Petrosian — the ninth World Chess Champion, renowned for his prophylactic style, iron-willed defence, and uncanny ability to neutralise his opponents' threats before they even materialised. Author P. H. Clarke presents a carefully curated selection of Petrosian's finest competitive games, each annotated with clarity and depth, guiding the reader through the Armenian grandmaster's extraordinary positional mastery and his legendary exchanges that confounded even the greatest players of his era. Clarke's authoritative annotations illuminate the subtle genius that made Petrosian a titan of 20th-century chess, drawing out the psychological and strategic layers beneath each move with a sharp and scholarly eye. This volume stands as an essential addition to any serious chess library — not merely as a record of great games, but as an enduring study in how restraint, foresight, and positional intelligence can be wielded as the most devastating weapons of all. For those who seek to understand chess at its most profound, the question is not whether to read this book, but whether they are ready for what it will reveal.
Author: P. H. Clarke
Format: Hardback
Genre: Sport & fitness
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Condition remarks: fep and title pages missing.
A masterclass in strategic genius awaits within the pages of Petrosian's Best Games of Chess, a definitive collection chronicling the most brilliant and instructive games of Tigran Petrosian — the ninth World Chess Champion, renowned for his prophylactic style, iron-willed defence, and uncanny ability to neutralise his opponents' threats before they even materialised. Author P. H. Clarke presents a carefully curated selection of Petrosian's finest competitive games, each annotated with clarity and depth, guiding the reader through the Armenian grandmaster's extraordinary positional mastery and his legendary exchanges that confounded even the greatest players of his era. Clarke's authoritative annotations illuminate the subtle genius that made Petrosian a titan of 20th-century chess, drawing out the psychological and strategic layers beneath each move with a sharp and scholarly eye. This volume stands as an essential addition to any serious chess library — not merely as a record of great games, but as an enduring study in how restraint, foresight, and positional intelligence can be wielded as the most devastating weapons of all. For those who seek to understand chess at its most profound, the question is not whether to read this book, but whether they are ready for what it will reveal.