Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion

by Karsten Müller

The Ultimate Fischer Collection! The Chess Publishing Event of the Decade! The years after the Second World War saw international chess dominated by the Soviets Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian and then Spassky held the world crown, treating it as if it were almost an integral part of their country s heritage. There were occasional flashes of brilliance in the West Reshevsky, Najdorf, and later Larsen but no one really mounted a serious challenge to the Russian hegemony. Then, in the mid-1950s, a lone genius from Brooklyn emerged. Obsessed with chess, all his waking hours became devoted to finding truth on the 64 squares. It was an unrelenting, sometimes frustrating quest, but he persevered, eventually emerging as perhaps the greatest natural chess talent ever. It was clear from his early years as a gifted prodigy through his stormy ascent of the Chess Olympus, no one had ever rocked the chess world quite like Bobby Fischer. His raw genius for the royal game, combined with an indefatigable will to win, made him one of the most feared chessplayers of all time a genuine living legend. Now, for the first time, every single one of his tournament and match games is presented with insightful explanations and analysis. Best-selling chess author, German International Grandmaster Karsten Mueller, annotates each game of the player many believe to be the greatest of all time. All 736 serious tournament games are supplemented by crosstables of every major tournament and match in which Fischer participated, dozens of archival photographs, along with brief comments and observations putting the play of the great champion into historical perspective.

Genres: Chess

408 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Rodrigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, this is it. The whole collection of Fischer's games, and we are talking (at least in my opinion) the best chess player ever. If you like the game, this is the book for you. When reproducing these games you can appreciate the brilliancy, creativity and freshness of Fischer approach to chess. Commentaries are precise and right to the point. A must have.

[Rodrigo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well, this is it. The whole collection of Fisher's games, and we are talking the best chess player ever. If you like the game, this is the book for you. When reproducing these games you can appreciate the brilliancy, creativity and the freshness of Fisher approach to chess. A must have.

[Carter]

I gave this a brief skim- I should have read through a sample before purchasing it. A database of Bobby Fischer's games, would be equally valuable, since it is a list of his games, without annotation or commentary.