Bezgodov/Oleinikov: Spassky's Best Games (paperback) Klassiker for which he deserves immense

for which he deserves immense credit

Do masters methodically cut their way through the branches of a tree of analysis

Why should a die-hard fan of Indian openings be interested in the strategic subtleties of positions that result from all these complicated Queen's Gambit systems

Additional clips with test exercises and extensively commented model games complement the training material

Personal reminiscences and firsthand accounts from organizers and participants

Bezgodov/Oleinikov: Spassky's Best Games (paperback) Klassiker for which he deserves immenseA Chess Biography The Russian Boris Spassky was the perfect gentleman. He was a chess genius who became World Champion in 1969. But he was also gracious in defeat after he lost his title to the American Bobby Fischer in 1972 in the Match of the Century. This biography includes fifty of Spassky's best games, annotated by former Russian champion Alexey Bezgodov, and a biographical sketch of a few dozen pages, written by Dmitry Aleynikov, the Director of