{"product_id":"tal-petrosian-spassky-and-korchnoi-andrew-soltis-9781476683645","title":"Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi: A Chess Multibiography with 207 Games","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mikhail Tal, the roguish, doomed Latvian who changed the way chess players think about attack and sacrifice; Tigran Petrosian, the brilliant, henpecked Armenian whose wife drove him to become the world's best player; Boris Spassky, the prodigy who survived near-starvation and later bouts of melancholia to succeed Petrosian--but is best remembered for losing to Bobby Fischer; and \"Evil\" Viktor Korchnoi, whose mixture of genius and jealousy helped him eventually surpass his three rivals (but fate denied him the title they achieved: world champion).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Soltis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476683646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476683645\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2020","brand":"Andrew Soltis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047589703935,"sku":"9781476683645","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca150f79-f9b9-4d0c-a800-0f694db55a39.jpg?v=1684991083","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tal-petrosian-spassky-and-korchnoi-andrew-soltis-9781476683645","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}