{"product_id":"2026100009668-secondhand-chess-from-morphy-to-botwinnik-a-century-of-chess-evolution-signed","title":"Chess From Morphy To Botwinnik: A Century Of Chess Evolution (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA century of genius, rivalry, and relentless innovation unfolds in Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik: A Century of Chess Evolution, a masterful chronicle that traces the grand arc of competitive chess from the swashbuckling brilliance of Paul Morphy in the mid-nineteenth century to the iron-willed precision of Mikhail Botwinnik in the Soviet era. Imre König presents a panoramic survey of the game's most pivotal figures — Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, and beyond — dissecting their landmark games, revolutionary ideas, and the philosophical battles that reshaped what it means to play chess at the highest level.\n\nKönig, himself an accomplished International Master, writes with the authority of a practitioner and the sweep of a historian, illuminating how each world champion both inherited and overturned the strategic orthodoxies of his predecessor. The result is a work of genuine literary and analytical substance — part biography, part technical study, part cultural history — that reveals chess not as a static puzzle but as a living, evolving art form. Whether you are a seasoned player or an ardent student of the game's lore, this volume will leave you pondering just how much further the next century of chess genius might reach.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203271991515,"sku":"2026100009668-SECONDHAND","price":100.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2798fe17-3e0a-4a77-bc9a-898bd7b64eb3.png?v=1788147149","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009668-secondhand-chess-from-morphy-to-botwinnik-a-century-of-chess-evolution-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}