THE MATCH THAT NEVER HAPPENED Upon his return to America after his triumph in the Match of the Century, Fischer was treated like a celebrity. He got invited to talk shows, his face appeared in…
Chess tactics 80
Chess tactics 80 Taken from the book written by famous study composer Yochanan Afek Genius in the Background. WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN
Fischer – Spassky World Championship Match 1972
THE MATCH OF THE CENTURY Ever since he qualified for the 1959 Candidates tournament at the age of 15, everybody realized there is something special about Robert James Fischer. By devouring chess books on a…
Chess tactics 79
Chess tactics 79 Taken from the book Tactics in the Sicilian. WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN
Petrosian – Spassky World Championship Match 1969
After the customary Zonal Tournaments, the Interzonal tournament of the 1967 – 1969 World Championship Cycle took place in Sousse, Tunisia. 23 players battled for six places in the Candidates, since Boris Spassky (as a…
Chess tactics 78
Chess tactics 78 Taken from the book Tactics in the Sicilian.
Chess tactics 77
Chess tactics 77 WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN
Chess tactics 76
Chess tactics 76 WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN
Petrosian – Spassky World Championship Match 1966
After the controversy regarding the „Russian pact“ in the previous edition of the Candidates tournament, FIDE decided to change the format of the 1963-1966 World Championship qualifying cycle. Instead of the all-play-all tournament, Candidates knock-out…
Botvinnik – Petrosian World Championship Match 1963
While Botvinnik and Tal were contesting their first match in 1960, the Zonal tournaments for the next qualifying cycle have already started. Since more than 50 countries have become FIDE members, an additional zone was…
Botvinnik – Tal World Championship Return Match 1961
According to the return match clause, after the war of antipodes of 1960 between Botvinnik and Tal, negotiations about the new match began. Already toward the end of the 1960 match, Botvinnik started thinking about…
Botvinnik – Tal World Championship Match 1960
While Botvinnik and Smyslov battled in the 1957 match and in the 1958 return match, the remainder of the chess world was struck by a flash of genius like never before. In 1957, a bright…