World champion who dominated chess in the 1940s and '50s selects and annotates his own best games to 1946. 221 diagrams.

Covers Botvinnik's chess career from his first serious games to just before winning the World Chess Championship in 1948.

World champion who dominated chess in the 1940s and '50s selects and annotates his own best games to 1946. 221 diagrams.

In this collection of his best games, former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik demonstrates the deep strategic style that took him to the title. Written by one o

Mikhail Botvinnik won the World Chess Championship in 1948 and held the title with two breaks until 1963. Botvinnik announced his retirement from chess in 1970.