Selected Games 1967-1970
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: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Faded boards.
Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik, three-time World Chess Champion and one of the most dominant figures in twentieth-century chess history, presents a masterclass in strategic brilliance through Selected Games 1967–1970. This authoritative collection chronicles a pivotal period in Botvinnik's late career, annotating and analysing a carefully curated selection of his most instructive and hard-fought games from an era when the Soviet chess machine was at its formidable height. Translated by Kenneth P. Neat and published by Pergamon Press, the volume brings Botvinnik's rigorous, scientific approach to a wider international audience, making the grandmaster's analytical genius fully accessible to English-speaking players. Beyond the individual games, the collection stands as a document of chess history, illuminating the strategic philosophy of a man who reshaped how the game is studied and taught. Botvinnik's annotations are characteristically precise and unsparing — he details not only the moments of triumph but also the errors and missed opportunities, revealing the relentless self-criticism that defined his approach to the royal game. Whether you are a dedicated student of chess or a lover of competitive intellectual history, this volume leaves you asking one compelling question: what does it truly take to master the game of kings?
Author: M.M. Botvinnik
Format: Hardback
Published: 1981, Pergamon Press
Genre: Sport & fitness
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Faded boards.
Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik, three-time World Chess Champion and one of the most dominant figures in twentieth-century chess history, presents a masterclass in strategic brilliance through Selected Games 1967–1970. This authoritative collection chronicles a pivotal period in Botvinnik's late career, annotating and analysing a carefully curated selection of his most instructive and hard-fought games from an era when the Soviet chess machine was at its formidable height. Translated by Kenneth P. Neat and published by Pergamon Press, the volume brings Botvinnik's rigorous, scientific approach to a wider international audience, making the grandmaster's analytical genius fully accessible to English-speaking players. Beyond the individual games, the collection stands as a document of chess history, illuminating the strategic philosophy of a man who reshaped how the game is studied and taught. Botvinnik's annotations are characteristically precise and unsparing — he details not only the moments of triumph but also the errors and missed opportunities, revealing the relentless self-criticism that defined his approach to the royal game. Whether you are a dedicated student of chess or a lover of competitive intellectual history, this volume leaves you asking one compelling question: what does it truly take to master the game of kings?