Karolyi: Boris Spasskys Best Games 1 - The Rising Star (paperback) Chessbase First-hand anecdotes from world-class players

First-hand anecdotes from world-class players trained by Razuvaev

but also occurs in a number of other openings

together with a wide-ranging chapter on endgame tactics

but the insights are accessible to players of all levels

This manual can be used by students working alone or with fiends

Karolyi: Boris Spasskys Best Games 1 - The Rising Star (paperback) Chessbase First-hand anecdotes from world-class playersBoris Spassky is the most underappreciated World Champion in chess history, remembered as the Soviet who lost to Bobby Fischer in 1972. In this two volume work, biographer extraordinaire Tibor Karolyi puts the focus on Spassky's brilliant career and life story. Born in 1937, Spassky barely escaped with his life when evacuating from the Siege of Leningrad as a young boy. This book tells the story of how that boy subsequently learned to play chess and