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World Chess Championship Candidates' Tournament - Budapest 1950 (Paperback)

by E G R Cordingley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 228 pages
  • Publisher: Hardinge Simpole (1 April 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843821745
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843821748
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.6 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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The World Championship Candidates' Tournament of 1950 marked a fresh phase in the history of the world title. Hitherto, the champion had chosen his challenger, of course bearing in mind such pressures as public opinion and prize purses on offer. Now, after the interregnum caused by the death of Alekhine as incumbent in 1946, FIDE, the World Chess Federation, instituted a regular series of qualifying events to determine the rightful challenger to the chess throne. Budapest 1950 was to be Bronstein's finest hour: coming from behind he caught his imperturbable compatriot Boleslavsky at the finishing post and then squeezed ahead of him in the play-off. The notes to this great event, which also featured such immortals as Smyslov, Keres, and Najdorf, are by the British publishing pioneer Cordingley, while the comments to the tie-breaking match are furnished by the world champion of chess journalists, Grandmaster emeritus Harry Golombek OBE, based on his insights for the British Chess Magazine. As we know, Bronstein advanced to challenge Botvinnik for the world title, but faltered at the final hurdle. That epic clash is covered in the companion Hardinge Simpole volume, World Chess Championship 1951, by William Winter and R.G. Wade, ISBN 1843820846 This mighty clash between the top two Soviet Grandmasters was Botvinnik's first title defence after becoming World Champion in 1948. Amazingly, the man who had dominated Soviet and World chess was only able to defend his title by the skin of his teeth after a most ferocious and determined onslaught from his youthful challenger David Bronstein. The controversial 23rd game where a demoralised Bronstein may have resigned prematurely was the key to Botvinnik's ultimate success. This book was written by two expert eye witnesses, former British Champion and International Master William Winter, and Bob Wade, International Master, vice-president of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, and later to be awarded the OBE for services to chess and chess education. Together these two acknowledged experts of the game give a thrilling first hand account of the intense intellectual drama of one of the most evenly fought battles in chess history.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Synopsis, 6 Jul 2007
The World Championship Candidates' Tournament of 1950 marked a fresh phase in the history of the world title. Hitherto, the champion had chosen his challenger, of course bearing in mind such pressures as public opinion and prize purses on offer. Now, after the interregnum caused by the death of Alekhine as incumbent in 1946, FIDE, the World Chess Federation, instituted a regular series of qualifying events to determine the rightful challenger to the chess throne. Budapest 1950 was to be Bronstein's finest hour: coming from behind he caught his imperturbable compatriot Boleslavsky at the finishing post and then squeezed ahead of him in the play-off.

The notes to this great event, which also featured such immortals as Smyslov, Keres, and Najdorf, are by the British publishing pioneer Cordingley, while the comments to the tie-breaking match are furnished by the world champion of chess journalists, Grandmaster emeritus Harry Golombek OBE, based on his insights for the British Chess Magazine.


As we now know, Bronstein advanced to challenge Botvinnik for the world title, but faltered at the final hurdle. That epic clash is covered in World Chess Championship 1951, by William Winter and R.G.Wade.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Limited material above the game scores, 23 Sep 2007
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This is a reprint of a type-written duplicate book produced in the UK in 1951.

Good points: Budapest 1950 was a world-class tournament; it was a superb assembly of ten of the highest class of players of the time fighting to become the challenger to the world champion Botvinnik. Several games became anthology pieces. This book is well made with a strong glued binding, and good paper. It has been completely retype-set and is clear to read. It is uncluttered in its presentation and has numerous well-defined diagrams. The editor has also appended the subsequent Bronstein-Boleslavsky play-off using the 1950 British Chess Magazine notes of International Master Harry Golombek. The complete game scores are here.

Downside: Apart from the Bronstein-Boleslavsky play-off, I was disappointed that relatively little has been added to Coldingley's original notes. Cordingley was limited by a primitive production process; with limited resources he had effectively to be terse. Also, Coldingley was not a professional player, and relied on: his own analysis, the British Chess Magazine, and those foreign sources available in 1951 Austerity Britain (predominantly Czech it seems). For a modern reader the notes appear rather sparsely, and are light. A few games have no notes at all.

Overall, I would have preferred a new approach collating 50 year's of notes by leading masters and computer analysis. It would cost more, but considering the material, it would have still been value for money.
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