In 1971 Robert James Fischer defeated Mark Taimanov by the sensational score of 6– 0 in Vancouver, but the match games were far more competitive and tension-filled than the final score would suggest. Twenty years later Taimanov put pen to paper, reflecting on the experience. Exactly 50 years after the match, this is the first English translation of Taimanov’s original Russian text

Bobby Fischer’s Road to Reykjavik

Initially things looked gloomy for Bobby Fischer. Because he had refused to participate in the 1969 US Championship, he had missed his chance to qualify for the 1970 Interzonal Tournament in Palma de Mallorca. Only when another American, Pal Benko, withdrew in his favour, and after the officials were willing to bend the rules, could Bobby enter the contest. And begin his phenomenal run that would end with the Match of the Century in Reykjavik against World Champion Boris Spassky.

Erlebnisse, Nachdenkliches und mehr aus der Feder eines erfolgreichen Bankiers und Schachmeisters

Ignaz Kolisch (1837-1889) lebte vier Leben:

Er war ein Schachspieler von Weltklasse, außergewöhnlich erfolgreiches Finanzgenie, großzügiger Rentier und, schließlich, Journalist aus Leidenschaft – was so weit ging, dass er eine Tageszeitung kaufte, die Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, und in den Jahren 1886-1888 die sonntäglichen Feuilletons schrieb.

USSR vs. World

CHESS INFORMANT proudly presents the book about the most famous team match in history of our royal game:

• 2 outstanding teams
• 20 best chess-players in the World
• 4 rounds of epic battle
• 40 thrilling, hard-fought games

   

The match between the USSR and the Rest of the World was an epoch-defining event that featured many of the greatest names in the history of chess. Five World Champions, and all of the world’s highest-rated players - without exception - took part. Not for nothing was it billed as the “Match of the Century”.

Irgendwo im Nirgendwo

Ein Turnierbuch der Extraklasse mit 78 Abbildungen und 120 z.T. ausführlich kommentierten Partien. Der Autor hat vor Ort recherchiert und bringt viele seltene, z.T. unveröffentlichte Quellen (u.a. Korrespondenzen von Emanuel Lasker als Faksimile). Kommentare und Analysen von Hübner, Lasker, Marco, Marshall, Schlechter und Tarrasch sowie ergänzend vom Redaktonsteam Arno Nickel und Thomas Stark.

Five Kasparov-Karpov Matches for the WCC

On September 10, 1984, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov appeared on the stage of the Hall of Columns in Moscow for the first game of their match for the World Chess Championship. The clash between the reigning champion and his brazen young challenger was highly anticipated, but no one could have foreseen what was in store

FIDE World Chess Championship London 2018

This match between the number one and number two ranked players in the world is one of the most eagerly-awaited World Championship clashes of recent years. Defending champion Magnus Carlsen first gained the title in 2013 when he beat Viswanathan Anand. He has already successfully defended his title twice, against Anand in 2014 and against Sergey Karjakin in 2016. Carlsen has been the highest ranked player in the world since July 2011.

A Handbook for Historians

A huge amount was published about chess in the United Kingdom before the First World War. The growing popularity of chess in Victorian Britain was reflected in an increasingly competitive market of books and periodicals aimed at players from beginner to expert. The author combines new information about the early history of the game with advice for researchers into chess history and traces the further development of chess literature well into the 20th century.

All available games from:

• Berlin v Scheveningen 1920 complete; all 8 games

   

• Vienna (April) 1920: 7 games and positions; this is a “mystery” tournament without even an agreed final result; this book has a long article with new discoveries; Reti won ahead of Grünfeld, Breyer, Tartakower, Balla and Löwy.

Learn chess from the best by studying the games of the latest world championship!

The dramatic 2016 match defied all predictions. A top team of authors explains the strategies.

All available games from London 1917/18 (City of London Chess Club Championship); Nijmegen 1918; 's-Hertogenbosch 1918; Amsterdam 1918; Budapest 1918/19; Stockholm (December) 1919.

This tournament has never been published before – it is NOT the 4-player tournament (Spielmann, Bogoljubow, Rubinstein and Reti) played in December 1919.

Um die seinerzeitige Bedeutung des Kandidatenturniers Zürich 1953 heutzutage annähernd nachvollziehen zu können, empfiehlt sich ein kleines Gedankenspiel. Die 15 teilnehmenden Großmeister machten damals ziemlich genau die Hälfte aller Großmeister überhaupt aus. Um dieses Zahlenverhältnis in unserer Zeit zu erreichen, müssten etwa 750 GM (!) an den Start gehen.