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9781888690088
In 1960 Mikhail Botvinnik was the pillar of "scientific" -- chess and the iron-willed champion of the world. The young attacking genius Mikhail Tal, the "Wizard of Riga", put the magic back into the game by defeating Botvinnik with spectacular tactics in one of the most dramatic and celebrated world championship matches of all time.This is Tal's own classic work on the contest. In it he sets the stage and explains every one of the 21 games, telling both the on- and off-the-board story of this titanic clash of styles and thought.Tal, Mikhail is the author of 'Tal-Botvinnik, 1960', published 2001 under ISBN 9781888690088 and ISBN 1888690089.
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