Petrosian vs the Elite: 71 Victories by the Master of Manoeuvre 1946-1983
Following Peter Clarke's enduring bestseller Petrosian's Best Games of Chess 1946-1963, this book fills in important gaps from Petrosian's early career - which have never been seen in print before - and takes the story to the end of his playing activities in 1983. Significantly, there are no games duplicated here from Clarke's pioneering work.\ Tigran Petrosian is acquiring a reputation as one of the most sophisticated World Champions and also one of the most successful. The victim of a...
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Ray Keene, Britain’s senior grandmaster, believes that chess history has been unfair to world champion Tigran Petrosian, whose brilliantly subtle style of play and long record of tournament successes were unjustly overshadowed by the much-publicized career of Bobby Fischer. Now, in collaboration with Julian Simpole, Keene puts Petrosian’s great achievements in their proper perspective, with a fully analyzed collection of 71 of his dazzling victories against the leading players of his time, Fischer included. Other chess books may instruct, entertain, and inform. This one does all of the above—but it also does something much more important: it sets the record straight, letting us fully appreciate the achievements and the genius of one of the game’s greatest players.
Introduction 5Petrosian's Career: Significant Moments at a Glance 17Foreword and Acknowledgements 19Earning his Spurs 20Champion and Candidate 46Winning the World Title 78Triumphant Defence 116Olympic Golds 140Passing the Baton 167Great Opponents 207Gotterdammerung 239Tournament Tables 253Index of Opponents 297Index of Supplementary Games and Game Extracts 298Index of Openings 299
