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The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of the chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators.
This magnificent compilation of play from the 1960s through to the 1970s forms the basis of the third part of Garry Kasparov’s long-awaited definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Garry Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chess player ever, subjects the play from this era to a rigorous analysis–the examination being enhanced by the use of the latest chess software. This volume features the play of champions Tigran Petrosian (1963-1969) and Boris Spassky (1969-1972).
However, this book is more than just a compilation of play from the greats of this era. Kasparov’s biographies of these champions place them in a fascinating historical, political, and cultural context. Kasparov explains how each champion brought his own distinctive style to the chessboard and enriched the theory of the game with new ideas.
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It seems that the author with doing well with his earler books (being a former world champion) has become slopy. I found some typos and the author seems to have an very opinated attitude toward some of the other world champions. In other words he things he (himself) is the greatest champion of all time, but the others are behind him in skill. I don’t like the attitude in the book.
Amazon User Rating: 2 / 5
I looked at the book at Barnes&Noble, and my previous review was incorrect. The book itself only has photos of Petrosian and Spassky on the cover, and covers those two world champions. I guess Fischer will wait for the next volume (with Karpov, I assume?). The book is significantly shorter than the previous 2 installments, although the list price isn’t much less. Fortunately, we have Amazon to rectify that issue!
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
just noticed that your book description (Amazon’s) makes no mention of a very prominent chess player, who has his face on the cover of the book along with Petrosian and Spassky- the one and only Bobby Fischer.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
This volumes covers the careers of Tigran Petrosian and Boris Spassky, and their contemporaries. (Stein, Keres, Gilgoric, et al…) Petrosian’s style of play made many people yawn with boredom, but the analyses in this book show the depth of Petrosian’s thinking. (Kasparov admitted as much, in the analysis of the famous game he played against Petrosian, Tilburg 1981.) Spassky’s play was more universal in nature, and he often gets overlooked due to his loss to Fischer. (Fischer and his contemporaries will cover the 4th volume in this series.)
The analysis is superb, and overdetailed for about 99.5% of chessplayers. But no matter. There is a joy in getting lost in the variations, as if you are struggling to get out of a forest. You sense that Kasparov is trying to get to the truth of the matter, coupling his brain (it easily could be said that Kasparov is the greatest player in the history of chess) with those of the latest chess software. Analysis of a single game in this volume, if examining all the side annotations, can take at least 30 minutes per game, if using a chessboard, as opposed to a computer chess program.
Kasparov’s firsthand knowledge of these world champions and contenders is evidenced by his manner of presentation. (The first volume, covering from 1600 to Alekhine, was more neutral in tone, if you will.) Highly recommended, if you have the will to wade through the analyses Kasparov provides.
Amazon User Rating: 5 / 5
I found this book interesting and well-written but lacking the insight of the other three. For example, Kasparov gives insufficient attention to Spassky as a tremendous sportsman. Spassky bent over backwards to accomodate Fischer and allow the match to be held, in contrast to Karpov three years later who seized on Fischer’s mental instability to take the crown and avoid the match. Chess owes a great deal to Spassky’s sporting character but discussion of his inate decency is mysteriously missing. (Compare Alekhine avoiding Capablanca, etc).
The discussion of Petrosian’s game with Kasparov is good and the book is worth buying though not as good as the two before and the one aferwards, both in lenght and insight.
Amazon User Rating: 4 / 5