Soltis: Mikhail Botvinnik - The Life and Games of a World Chess Champion

Autor: Soltis, Andrew
Verlag: McFarland
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Sprache: English
Buchumschlag: book
Seiten: 274

The games of Mikhail Botvinnik, world chess champion from 1948 to 1963, have been studied by players around the world for decades. But little has been written about Botvinnik himself. This book explores his unusual dual career—as a highly regarded scientist as well as the first truly professional chess player—as well as his complex relations with Soviet leaders, including Josef Stalin, his bitter rivalries, and his doomed effort to create the perfect chess -playing computer programs. The book has more than 85 games, 127 diagrams, twelve photographs, a chronology of his life and career, a bibliography, an index of openings, an index of opponents, and a general index.

Grandmaster Andrew Soltis, eight times champion of the Marshall Chess Club, New York Post editor and Chess Life columnist, is the author of dozens of chess books. He lives in New York City.

274 pages, paperback, 2023, originally published 2014