Mikhail Botvinnik (356 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 100 games of the world champion. Prior owner bookplate on inside front cover. 272 pp.

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Paperback. Condition: New. When Mikhail Botvinnik lost the world championship in 1960 to the dazzling attacking player from Riga, Mikhail Tal, there seemed little chance of him regaining his title. Yet in the Return Match a year later, with a surprising demonstration of aggressive chess, Botvinnik completely outplayed his young opponent and ran out the easy winner. All 21 games of the match are deeply annotated.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Edited by Drazen Marovic and Zlatko Klaric. Macon, Georgia: American Chess Promotions, (1983). First Edition, trade paperback. "First published 1983" statement to the copyright page. Includes an essay by Mikhail Botvinnik, an essay by Eduard Gufeld, an introduction by Kasparov, and a lengthy analysis, description of moves, with choice alternatives of the games, followed by the games with complete moves. Clean and tight. Faint crease to the rear cover corners, rub-lines to the spine folds and hinge lines, sticker removal surface rub to the lower spine and adjoining cover area, else tight, square, firm and very good in semi-glossy stiff-card wraps with white titles to the spine. Octavo, 9.4" X 6.7"; 163 pages; plus index of openings, index of games, code system, author introduction, two essays on Kasparov, and games analysis.…

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paperback. Condition: very good. 5 1/8 x 8 " 371 pages. "Understanding the Chess Openings". a few ink notes on the "Notes Page" & light smudges to covers.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 120 pages with diagrams. Royal octavo(9 3/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publishers black cloth with gilt lettering to spine and cover. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 3227) First edition. Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. In 1931, at the age of 20, Botvinnik won his first Soviet Championship in Moscow,[2] scoring 13½ out of 17. He commented that the field was not very strong, as some of the pre-Revolution masters were absent. In 1933, Botvinnik repeated his Soviet Championship win, in his home city of Leningrad, with 14/19, describing the results as evidence that Krylenko's plan to develop a new generation of Soviet masters had borne fruit.In his first tournament outside the USSR, the Hastings 193435, Botvinnik achieved only a tie for 5th6th places, with 5/9. Botvinnik placed first equal with Flohr, ½ point ahead of Lasker and one point ahead of José Raúl Capablanca, in Moscow's second International Tournament, held in 1935. In early winter, 1936, Botvinnik was invited to play in a tournament at Nottingham, England. Krylenko authorized his participation and, to help Botvinnik play at his best, allowed Botvinnik's wife to accompany him a privilege rarely extended to chess players at any time in Soviet history. Although his Soviet rivals forecast disaster for him, he scored an undefeated shared first place (+6=8) with Capablanca, ½ point ahead of current World Champion Max Euwe and rising American stars Reuben Fine and Samuel Reshevsky, and 1 point ahead of ex-champion Alexander Alekhine. Condition: Corners bumped, old book sellers ticket and previous owner's inscription to front paste down else very good.…