Garry Kasparov on Fischer - My Great Predecessors, Part 4
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Garry Kasparov on Fischer - My Great Predecessors, Part 4

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Garry Kasparov on Fischer - My Great Predecessors, Part 4

About this book

This book brings together the two greatest names in the history of chess. The author, Garry Kasparov, is the world number one and, by common consent, the greatest player ever. The subject of the book, Bobby Fischer, is the only American to have become world champion and is probably the greatest natural talent the world has ever seen.In the period between 1955 and 1972 Fischer, more or less single-handedly, took on the might of the Soviet Chess Empire, and won. During this time Fischer scored astonishing successes the like of which had not been seen before. These included 11/11 in the 1963/64 US Championship and match victories (en route to the World Championship) by the score of 6-0 against two of the strongest players in the world, Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen. The climax of Fischer's campaign was his unforgettable match win in Reykjavik in 1972 against Boris Spassky.Fischer is almost equally well-known for his temperamental behaviour away from the board, as his play on it. He made extreme demands of all those around him including tournament organisers. When these demands were not met he often refused to play. The 1972 match against Spassky required the intervention of no less than Henry Kissinger to smooth things over. In 1975 when he was due to defend his title against Anatoly Karpov, Fischer was completely unable to agree terms with FIDE (the World Chess Federation) and was defaulted. After this he more or less gave up chess, playing only once, a 'return' match against Spassky in 1992.In this book, a must for all serious chessplayers, Kasparov analyses deeply Fischer's greatest games and assesses the legacy of this great American genius.

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Information

Publisher
Popular Chess
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9781857447460

Table of contents

  1. Introduction: Stars of the West
  2. Olympian Long-Liver
  3. The Fine Enigma
  4. Champion of ‘the Rest of the World’
  5. Seven-Times Champion
  6. The last of the Mohicans
  7. ‘Chess is a Mirror of the Soul’
  8. The Danish Prince
  9. The lone Genius
  10. Duel of the Prodigies
  11. Hello America!
  12. Hara-Kiri
  13. A vertical Ascent
  14. Battle in Denver
  15. Battle of the Gods
  16. Abdication
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index of Games
  19. Bilek.I-Fischer.R, Interzonal Tournament, Stockholm 1962, 5th round
  20. Botvinnik.M-Reshevsky.S, World Championship Match-Tournament The Hague/Moscow 1948, 14th round
  21. Bronstein.D-Larsen.B, Interzonal Tournament, Amsterdam 1964, 19th round
  22. Byrne.D-Fischer.R, New York 1956, 8th round
  23. Byrne.R-Fischer.R, USA Championship, New York 1963/64, 3rd round
  24. Euwe.M-Fine.R, AVRO Tournament, Holland 1938, 4th round
  25. Euwe.M-Reshevsky.S, AVRO, Holland 1938, 6th round