- Hardcover: 480 pages
- Publisher: Everyman Mindsports (31 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857443802
- ISBN-13: 978-1857443806
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 345,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This magnificent volume contains the extraordinary story of the prolonged battle between Bobby Fischer, the lone American genius who is perhaps the most famous chess player of all time, and the long-standing and all-dominating Soviet chess machine. For the first time readers will be able to view virtually all the secret documents on 'the Fischer problem', many of which have never previously been published. These include papers from the archives of the KGB, the Communist Party Central Committee, the USSR Sports Committee and the Chess Federation. Together with this, there are reports and analysis of Fischer's personality and play, written at the demand of the Soviet authorities by the country's leading Grandmasters, legends such as Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Vassily Smyslov, Paul Keres, Victor Korchnoi and Efim Geller. Also contained in "Russians Versus Fischer" are annotations and the stories on all of the 158 chess encounters between Fischer and his Soviet adversaries, and a large number of rare photographs and drawings. This book is a significantly enlarged and updated version of the one first published in Russia in 1994.
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Bobby Fischer has probably attracted more attention and aroused keener interest than has any other world chess champion. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A "must-buy" for chess lovers...,
This review is from: Russians Versus Fischer (Everyman Chess) (Hardcover)
Just amazing... stunning... Many many many episodes,many stories... I'm the type of player that's not much fond of books with chains of moves and diagrams;i love the ones with much text!
I don't think one can have a better image of R.Fischer than after reading the book. There are also all his games vs Russian players - nothing very special about that;they've already been printed many times.But the stories... You get deep into the atmosphere of the tournaments,the matches,everything... I have to praise the authors,and ask for an apology from them for giving a sample of what kind of "stuff" you'll find in: A.Nikitin: "In the spring of 1976 V.Korchnoi told me about the off-stage affairs during his Candidates final match with Karpov,about how it was suggested to him that he should lose the match 0-5, for which for five years he was promised the right to participate in any tournament-in any country,wherever he wished. Korchnoi,naturally,refused,and here it began!... Victor Lvovich gave a curious explanation for why he wanted to win against Karpov:"The point is that,if the Fischer-Karpov match had occured,the Soviet Chess School would have lost a young and talented grandmaster.Karpov had altogether no understanding of WHO he was intending to play..." :)) Also recommending M.Tal's self biography "The life and games of Mikhail Tal"
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4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Analyzing Fischer from the Russian perspective,
By Cory N Moran - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Russians Versus Fischer (Hardcover)
This book is a must-have for any fan of Fischer. It provides over 100 annotated games over Fischer's career in which he faced off with the Russians. It spans from his early tournament years to he famous title match.Mixed in with the games is original commentary from many of the great Russian masters including Tal, Botvannik, Smyslov, Petrosian, Spassky and many more. And this commentary is priceless! I have never seen such of collection of insightful, informative and sometimes hilarious critiquing of Fischer from his adversaries. But as Fischer grows stronger and becomes more of a threat, the Russians' view of him becomes much more serious. "Secret documents" are revealed in this book depicting the correspondence between the best Russian players of the day in which they combine their thoughts on how they were going to destroy the "Fischer Factor" This book is great to own because of the collection of games it contains. But it is worth buying just to read through the stories and perspectives from Fischer's truly awesome opponents. Highly recommend to all fans of the great Bobby Fischer 5 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Buen libro, entretenido e informativo.,
By AhKimPechess - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Russians Versus Fischer (Everyman Chess) (Hardcover)
El libro posee información muy interesante, pero uno espera (bueno, al menos en mi caso) encontrar más fotos. Por supuesto, es muy interesante hallar opiniones de diversos grandes maestros (frecuentemente los más fuertes de la época) sobre las probabilidades de uno u otro bando, y apreciar como la valoración de la fuerza de Fischer varía de una época a otra.
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