Everyman Chess Classics, 496 Seiten, kartoniert, Reprint, Everyman, 1. Auflage 1997, Aus der Reihe »Everyman Chess Classics«
 
Mikhail Tal, the 'magician from Riga,' was the greatest attacking World Champion of them all, and this enchanting autobiography chronicles his extraordinary career with charm and humor. Dazzling games are interspersed throughout with anecdotes and witty self-interviews, and in typically objective fashion he related both the downs and ups of his encounters.
An inveterate smoker and drinker, Tal's life on the circuit was punctuated by bouts in the hospital with kidney problems, but nothing could dull his love for chess and his sheer genius on the chessboard. His illustrious tournament record, up to his death in 1992, is included here in full, along with 100 complete games and nearly as many positions.
Tal's annotations in this book are a world apart from ordinary games collections. No reader could fail to be swept along by his passion and vitality as he sets the scene for an encounter and then recounts every psychological twist and turn.
 
EAN   9781857442021
Gewicht:620 g
Hersteller: Everyman
Breite: 14,5 cm
Höhe: 20,8 cm
Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
Autor: Michail Tal
Reihe : Everyman Chess Classics
Sprache:Englisch
Auflage: 1
ISBN-10 -1857442024
ISBN-13- 9781857442021
Seiten :496
Einband: kartoniert
 
INHALT :  
006 Editor's Foreword
007 Acknowledgements
008 Tournament and Match Record
017 1. My First Steps
060 2. A Young Master
105 3. The Road to the World Championship
160 4. World Champion
230 5. Unwell Again
296 6. Recovered
331 7. A Candidate Again
393 8. My 'Death' and my New Life
464 9. Recent Events
493 Index of Opponents
495 Index of Openings