| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Soviet team of rivals -- 1. Four boys -- 2. Growing pains -- 3. Culture war -- 4. Overkill -- 5. Spassky, Spassky, Spassky! -- 6. Volshebnik -- 7. Three directions -- 8. A takeoff, an apogee and a crash -- 9. Why not me? -- 10. Private lives, public games -- 11. Candidacy -- 12. Humors -- 13. Whose risk is riskier? -- 14. The Fischer factor -- 15. Countdown to calamity -- 16. Epilogue: Four aging men. |
| Summary |
"This book describes the intense rivalry--and collaboration--of the four players who created the golden era when USSR chess players dominated the world. More than 200 annotated games are included, along with personal details--many for the first time in English"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tāls, Mihails, 1936-1992.
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Tāls, Mihails, 1936-1992. |
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Petrosi͡an, Tigran Vartanovich, 1929-1984.
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Petrosi͡an, Tigran Vartanovich, 1929-1984. |
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Spassky, Boris Vasilyevich, 1937-
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Spassky, Boris Vasilyevich, 1937- |
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Korchnoĭ, Viktor, 1931-2016.
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Korchnoĭ, Viktor, 1931-2016. |
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Chess players -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Chess players. |
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Soviet Union. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Chess -- History -- 20th century.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General. |
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Chess. |
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GAMES -- Board. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Soltis, Andy, 1947- Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019] 9781476671468 (DLC) 2018039096 (OCoLC)1039627128 |
| ISBN |
9781476634784 (electronic book) |
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1476634785 (electronic book) |
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9781476671468 |
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147667146X |
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