- Paperback: 196 pages
- Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited; New edition edition (20 Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1843820048
- ISBN-13: 978-1843820048
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.4 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,541,253 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
| |||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store for more details. |
Product details |
Product Description
Product Description
Contains the account and eye witness analysis by Golombek of the first of the three titanic world title clashes between Botvinnik and Smyslov, unquestionably the dominant players of the 1950s. These games are bloodthirsty classics between two supreme exemplars.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organise and find favourite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
1954 World Chess Championship - an exciting analysis,
By A Customer
This review is from: The World Chess Championship 1954: Botvinnik v. Smyslov (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) (Paperback)
Harry Golombek, OBE and former chess correspondent for The London Times and The Observer, annotates with unrivalled personal experience the first match between chess giants Botvinnik and Smyslov. Golombek attended this match and the later matches of '57 and '58 as a judge and thus with crucial knowledge and analysis of the games, he brings to life the tensions and dramas that he was witness to. With a witty foreword by Botvinnik, the volume is complete.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
chess titans of the 1950's,
By A Customer
This review is from: The World Chess Championship 1954: Botvinnik v. Smyslov (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) (Paperback)
this book covers the first of the three great world chess championship matches between botvinnik and smyslov in the 1950's.this contest was drawn after smyslov staged an heroic fightback having gone 3 games down at the start.the notes to every game are excellent written in easily understandable prose and with variations based on the best russian analysis of the day. the author harry golombek was present throughout in moscow as an umpire. he really brings the drama of the occasion to vivid life.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great stylist writes beautiful book,
By A Customer
This review is from: The World Chess Championship 1954: Botvinnik v. Smyslov (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) (Paperback)
harry golombek was a chess grandmaster and chess columnist of the times and the observer newspapers in london. connoisseurs rate him as the greatest stylist ever to write about chess. apart from the present book he wrote chess biographies of reti and capablanca that are considered classics.many people think that match books in english on the world championships started in 1972 with gligorics book on fischer v spassky. thats not so-golombek started much earlier-in 1954 he was umpire for the first of the three titanic botvinik smyslov matches in moscow. this one from 1954 was drawn and golombek shows how smyslov fought back bravely after going 3-0 down near the start.its fascinating to see how these great players of the 1950s managed to win games against their equals with black which modern champions find increasingly hard to do. golombeks notes altho in the older descriptive notation are a joy to read-he makes every game and the match as a whole into a drama and it is much more entertaining than the modern predilection for telephone directory style notes. golombek is like an epic bard tasked with the duty of singing the praises of the chess warriors and making their deeds live for ever in the memory of chessplayers and chess lovers-and in this he succeeds superlatively!
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
