Karolyi: Boris Spasskys Best Games 1 - The Rising Star (hardcover) CT and Moscow defenses

and Moscow defenses

Bobby Fischer called him 'perhaps the most accurate player who ever lived'

Greek grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias discusses their strengths

it's not easy to spot these evanescent moments in a hurried and tense tournament game

it features up-to-date analyses and innovative suggestions

Karolyi: Boris Spasskys Best Games 1 - The Rising Star (hardcover) CT and Moscow defensesBoris Spassky is the most underappreciated World Champion in chess history, remembered as the Soviet who lost to Bobby Fischer in 1972. In this two volume work, biographer extraordinaire Tibor Karolyi puts the focus on Spassky's brilliant career and life story. Born in 1937, Spassky barely escaped with his life when evacuating from the Siege of Leningrad as a young boy. This book tells the story of how that boy subsequently learned to play chess and