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Viktor Vasiliev, “Tigran Petrosian: His life and games”

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Life and Methods of a Chess master

"Petrosian is often called too cautious.

Yet he defeated Botvinnik, Spassky, Korchnoi, Portisch, Polugaevsky and others, in set matches.

His Soviet colleagues, intent on pyshing 'dynamism,' castigated him for his maneuvering style.

Yet he was Soviet Champion three times.

The public derides him for drawing too many games.

Yet he was Champion of the World for six years.

Tigran Petrosian's place in history - a World Champion with a distinctive personal style - is secure. But still he is misunderstood by many of his contemporaries. As Larry Evans writes: 'Tigran Petrosian is one of the most original and mystifying players in the history of chess.'

Steinitz in his time was called crazy, Lasker was lucky (his rivals said), Nimzovich and Reti horrified their colleagues. None of them was understood by his contemporaries, but today we recognize that each made vital contributions to the art of chess and to its fundamental theory.

Now RHM has the pleasure of presenting the first book that understand Petrosian. Through biographical accounts, all based on extensive personal interviews, Petrosian's style is traced to its origins (Nimzovich); through deep game analysis, all based on Petrosian's own notes or those of his trainer Suetin, his philosophy of chess is linked to his character.

This book also explains why and how Petrosian's methods work in practice. the reader should be willing to suspend his prejudices and realize that there is a great deal he can learn from Petrosian, since his methods are so successful. Such a reader should not be surprised to find his own results improving markedly.

Even if you only like chess gossip - and don't we all -- allow yourself to be guiled by one of the sharpest minds in chess. His comments on the life and times of a professional chess master in the Soviet Union, his attitudes toward his contemporaries, his observations on life in general - all are sure to become part of the literary heritage of chess."

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