Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi : a chess multibiography with 207 games / Andrew Soltis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soltis, Andy, 1947- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tāls, Mihails, 1936-1992.

Tāls, Mihails.

Petrosi︠a︡n, Tigran Vartanovich, 1929-1984.

Petrosi︠a︡n, Tigran Vartanovich.

Petrosi͡an, Tigran Vartanovich, 1929-1984.

Spassky, Boris Vasilyevich, 1937-2025.

Spassky, Boris Vasilyevich.

Korchnoĭ, Viktor, 1931-2016.

Korchnoĭ, Viktor.

Spassky, Boris Vasilyevich, 1937-.

Chess players--Soviet Union--Biography.

Chess players.

Chess.

History.

Soviet Union.

Chess--History--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

v, 388 pages ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"This book describes the intense rivalry--and collaboration--of the four players who created the golden era when USSR chess players dominated the world. More than 200 annotated games are included, along with personal details--many for the first time in English"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: The Soviet team of rivals

1. Four boys

2. Growing pains

3. Culture war

4. Overkill

5. Spassky, Spassky, Spassky!

6. Volshebnik

7. Three directions

8. A takeoff, an apogee and a crash

9. Why not me?

10. Private lives, public games

11. Candidacy

12. Humors

13. Whose risk is riskier?

14. The Fischer factor

15. Countdown to calamity

16. Epilogue: Four aging men.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476671468

147667146X

OCLC:

1039627128