- Paperback: 232 pages
- Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Publishing (17 Oct 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843820625
- ISBN-13: 978-1843820628
- Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 14.2 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,154,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Having just defeated Botvinnik for the World Crown the new champion Tigran Petrosian travelled to Hollywood to compete in this glamorous top level competition organised and financed by millionaire cellist and chess devotee Gregor Piatigorsky. This event resulted in some superb chess by the world's best, while the notes by the players themselves, including Petrosian and Keres, grant unique insights into the workings of the best chess minds. This is one of the great tournament books of all time.
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This review is from: First Piatigorsky Cup: The Chess Elite in Hollywood (Hardinge Simpole chess classics) (Paperback)
Annotated by Samuel Reshevsky, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres and other Tournament participants. Having just defeated Botvinnik for the World Crown the new champion Tigran Petrosian travelled to Hollywood to compete in this glamorous top level competition organised and financed by millionaire cellist and chess devotee Gregor Piatigorsky. This event resulted in some superb chess by the world's best, while the notes by the players themselves, including Petrosian and Keres, grant unique insights into the workings of the best chess minds. This is one of the great tournament books of all time. The sequel Second Piatigorsky Cup is also published by Hardinge Simpole.
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This review is from: First Piatigorsky Cup: The Chess Elite in Hollywood (Hardinge Simpole chess classics) (Paperback)
Annotated by Samuel Reshevsky, Tigran Petrosian, Paul Keres and other Tournament participants. Having just defeated Botvinnik for the World Crown the new champion Tigran Petrosian travelled to Hollywood to compete in this glamorous top level competition organised and financed by millionaire cellist and chess devotee Gregor Piatigorsky. This event resulted in some superb chess by the world's best, while the notes by the players themselves, including Petrosian and Keres, grant unique insights into the workings of the best chess minds. This is one of the great tournament books of all time. The sequel Second Piatigorsky Cup is also published by Hardinge Simpole.
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