{"product_id":"mikhail-tal-harry-golombek-9781843820796","title":"Mikhail Tal: the shooting star of chess","description":"Morphy, Charousek, Pillsbury, Fischer... the history of chess is illuminated by shooting stars who burn briefly across the chess firmament, only to vanish without trace. The parabolic career of the Latvian genius Mikhail Tal conforms all too well to this astonishing pattern. As a virtually unknown student in 1957 Tal swept aside the revered phalanxes of Soviet Grandmasters and ultimately annihilated the Red Czar of Soviet chess himself - Mikhail Botvinnik - all within a mere three year period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry Golombek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 184382079X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843820796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardinge Simpole Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.39d","brand":"Harry Golombek","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410773569791,"sku":"9781843820796","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_457263e6-d9bf-4ae6-ae14-e3fec6e7be6f.jpg?v=1697537679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mikhail-tal-harry-golombek-9781843820796","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}