This legendary tournament features 210 hotly contested games, many of them masterpieces of the first rank. The first authoritative English translation from the Russian, this volume was written by one of the leading competitors. Its perceptive coverage includes games by Smyslov, Keres, Reshevsky, Petrosian, and 11 others. Algebraic notation. 352 diagrams.

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The book of a strong tournament is more than just a games collection. Most knowledgeable chess players now rate the Zurich 1953 tournament as the greatest since World War II, and possibly the greatest tournament of all time. Here David Bronstein offers the games plus thorough and perceptive annotations.