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The Russian Boris Spassky was a chess genius who became World Champion in 1969 - a title he lost only three years later to the American Bobby Fischer in the Match of the Century. This chess biography includes fifty of his best games, annotated by former Russian champion Alexey Bezgodov, and a biographical sketch of a few dozen pages, written by Dmitry Aleynikov, the Director of the Chess Museum in Moscow.
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Cafferty covers the career of the brilliantly aggressive and stunningly speculative Soviet Grandmaster Boris Spassky through where he conquers Petrosian, on to the celebrated match of the century against the mercurial Bobby Fischer. Contains the very best of Boris Spassky.
In Boris Spassky Master of Initiative, Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik look back over Spassky's long and distinguished career to examine how he defeated his long-time adversaries, carefully highlighting his most colourful and celebrated encounters over the chessboard. A deep study of his style and games will entertain and inspire any true chess fan.*Includes Boris Spassky's most brilliant sacrificial games*Ideal for the attack-minded chess player*Perfect for sharpening your tactical ability
Discussions on the events leading up to the 1972 World Championship chess match and the personalities of Fischer and Spassky accompany descriptions of the twenty-one games played
Boris Spassky is one of the greatest chess players in the history of the game. He was the World Champion for three years, after winning the title by beating Tigran Petrosian. His name is forever linked with his great rival Bobby Fischer and their epic 1972 ‘Match of the Century’, which did so much to popularize the game throughout the world. Over the board, Spassky is renowned for his universal style, as he was equally skilled in all phases on the game. In Spassky’s best games his pieces seemed to combine together in perfect harmony, and he produced a number of memorable masterpieces. In this book, Grandmaster Zenón Franco examines in detail Spassky’s chess style, selects and studie...