Wersja w miękkiej okładce. Książka wydana w jęz. angielskimIn this, the second of three volumes, award-winning author Tibor Károlyi continues his groundbreaking exploration of Tal#8217;s sparkling career. Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated chess players of all time, and in 1960 he demolished Botvinnik to become the youngest ever World Champion at the time, at the age of twenty-three.This book examines some of the golden years of Tal#8217;s career, from 1960 to 1971. Despite losing his world title in a return match against Botvinnik, Tal remained one of the strongest, not to mention most popular and entertaining, players in the world. As in the first volume, cutting-edge chess analysis is complemented by the engaging story of Tal#8217;s life and career. The book also contains numerous anecdotes from famous players who share their memories of the Magician from Riga.International Master Tibor Károlyi was Hungarian Champion in 1984 and is renowned as both an author and a trainer. He won the Guardian Book of the Year prize in 2007.ISBN: 978-1-907982-79-8 - 360 pages - Published 22 July 2015Reviews"The notes to the games in the present volume, which traces Tal#8217;s journey from winning the World Championship to 1971 when he was still among the world#8217;s elite, are first rate. Readable, yet with plenty of concrete variations when needed, Karolyi#8217;s annotations are insightful...No chess player can fail to love Mikhail Tal#8217;s Best Game 2: 1960-1971"IM John Donaldson
Wersja w miękkiej okładce. Książka wydana w jęz. angielskim In this, the second of three volumes, award-winning author Tibor Károlyi continues his groundbreaking exploration of Tals sparkling career. Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated chess players of all time, and in 1960 he demolished Botvinnik to become the youngest ever World Champion at the time, at the age of twenty-three. This book examines some of the golden years of Tals career, from 1960 to 1971. Despite losing his world title in a retu
Wersja w miękkiej okładce. Książka wydana w jęz. angielskimIn this, the second of three volumes, award-winning author Tibor Károlyi continues his groundbreaking exploration of Tal#8217;s sparkling career. Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated chess players of all time, and in 1960 he demolished Botvinnik to become the youngest ever World Champion at the time, at the age of twenty-three.This book examines some of the golden years of Tal#8217;s career, from 1960 to 1971. Despite losing his world title i
Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated chess players of all time. The eighth World Champion not only won the title at a record young age, but did so using a ferocious, high-risk attacking style. Tal's spectacular games, along with his charming personality and witty sense of humour, endeared him to the chess public like no other player.Award-winning author Tibor Károlyi has written the definitive guide to Tal's sparkling career. Cutting-edge chess analysis is complemented by the engaging story of Tal's
Książka w języku angielskim. Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated chess players of all time. The eighth World Champion not only won the title at a record young age, but did so using a ferocious, high-risk attacking style. Tal's spectacular games, along with his charming personality and witty sense of humour, endeared him to the chess public like no other player.Award-winning author Tibor Károlyi has written the definitive guide to Tal's sparkling career. Cutting-edge chess analysis is complemented by
Wersja językowa książki - angielskaIn this, the third and final volume of his landmark series, award-winning author Tibor Károlyi concludes his investigation into the life and career of Mikhail Tal, the most entertaining and popular world champion of all time.This book covers the final two decades of Tal#8217;s life and games, from 1972 until his death in 1992. Despite being more than a decade removed from his world title reign, the early 1970s saw Tal rewrite chess history with two record-breaking unbeat
Wydanie w twardej okładce, wersja językowa - angielskaIn this, the third and final volume of his landmark series, award-winning author Tibor Károlyi concludes his investigation into the life and career of Mikhail Tal, the most entertaining and popular world champion of all time.This book covers the final two decades of Tal#8217;s life and games, from 1972 until his death in 1992. Despite being more than a decade removed from his world title reign, the early 1970s saw Tal rewrite chess history with two rec
Wersja w twardej okładce. Książka w języku angielskim Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer#8217;s unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to Reykjavik.The second volume, Fischer – Spassky 1972, is devoted t
Wersja językowa - angielska. Expected Publication October 2021Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer#8217;s unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to Reykjavik.The second volume, Fischer – Spassky 1972, is d
Wersja językowa - angielska. Expected Publication October 2021Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer#8217;s unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to Reykjavik.The second volume, Fischer – Spassky 1972, is d
Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Hardcover edition of Karpov's Strategic Wins 2 - The Prime YearsAgain, Tibor Karolyi explains Karpov#8217;s particular genius: features Karpov#8217;s most entertaining and instructive strategic wins from 1986-2010 when Karpov was battling with his young rival Garry Kasparov for chess supremacy It was during this period, at Linares in 1994, that Karpov achieved what statistics show to be the finestever tournament performance.Tibor Karolyi is an International Master fro
Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Again, Tibor Karolyi explains Karpov#8217;s particular genius: features Karpov#8217;s most entertaining and instructive strategic wins from 1986-2010 when Karpov was battling with his young rival Garry Kasparov for chess supremacy It was during this period, at Linares in 1994, that Karpov achieved what statistics show to be the finestever tournament performance.Tibor Karolyi is an International Master from Budapest who was Hungarian Champion in 1984. One of his previo
Książka w angielskiej wersji językowej, twarda okładka. Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, yet also breaking records with his accomplishments, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist.In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal#8217;s most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician himself in a variety of sources, many of which have been trans
Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Anatoly Karpov is one of the greatest Chess World Champions with his prime strength the subtle maneuvering of positional play. Many of his opponents have been baffled by the profundity of his strategies, but here Karolyi explains Karpov#8217;s genius:Karpov's Strategic Wins features Karpov#8217;s most entertaining and instructive strategic wins from 1961-1985 when Karpov proved he was a worthy successor to Bobby Fischer#8217;s titleISBN: 978-1-906552-41-1 - 458 pages -
Wersja językowa książki - angielska. Hardcover edition of Karpov's Strategic Wins 1 - The Making of a ChampionAnatoly Karpov is one of the greatest Chess World Champions with his prime strength the subtle maneuvering of positional play. Many of his opponents have been baffled by the profundity of his strategies, but here Karolyi explains Karpov#8217;s genius:Karpov's Strategic Wins features Karpov#8217;s most entertaining and instructive strategic wins from 1961-1985 when Karpov proved he was a worthy suc
Książka w twardej okładce. Wersja językowa - angielska. The World Championship match between Fischer and Spassky in Reykjavik 1972 was played at the height of the Cold War. The image of a lone American genius defeating the Soviet machine captivated a worldwide audience unlike anything else in chess history. Exactly fifty years later, Fischer – Spassky 1972 takes a fresh look at both the chess and the human aspects of this monumental match.Bobby Fischer is one of the greatest chess players of all time. His
Wersja językowa książki - angielska.Efim Geller (1925-1998) was one of the giants of Soviet chess. Over his lifetime he beat the World Champions more often than he lost, and had healthy plus scores over Bobby Fischer and Mikhail Botvinnik among others. So he deserves the nickname of The Nemesis.Geller never became World Champion but he won everything else – two Soviet titles, seven Olympiad team gold medals and three Olympiad golds for individual performance are just a few of his accomplishments. Geller c