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Smyslov, Bronstein, Geller, Taimanov and Averbakh: A Chess Multibiography with 220 Games
Andrew Soltis
Smyslov, Bronstein, Geller, Taimanov and Averbakh: A Chess Multibiography with 220 Games
Andrew Soltis
Explores how fate played a capricious role in the lives of five of the greatest players in chess history, such as Russian champion Mark Taimanov being touted as a hero of the Soviet state until his loss to Bobby Fischer all but ruined his life, and Yefim Geller's dream of becoming world champion being crushed by one bad move.
355 pages, 40 photos, 227 diagrams
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 5, 2021 |
ISBN13 | 9781476677934 |
Publishers | McFarland & Co Inc |
Pages | 392 |
Dimensions | 262 × 184 × 30 mm · 852 g |
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