Petrosian V Spassky: The World Championships 1966 and 1969 Paperback – 13 March 2004

Quería tener también éste que cubre los dos encuentros PETROSIAN vs SPASSKY!.

This is an old photocopy of an old english newspaper so the quality of the paper is not very good and it is written in an old annotation.So it is difficult for people that don't know this.

The quality of this presentation of two very important chess matches could hardly be better: not absolutely complete, but what really matters is not omitted and always clear and instructive. Golombek is a great man in chess analysis and you can always feel his love and his respect for the genius of Ptrossian and of Spassky!!

This book contains great historical value of the times and tournament played. This value CAN NOT ever be valued sufficiently by the author, reader, or publisher. It CAN NOT be replaced.....HOWEVER;1. What can the public learn or cherish from history if it (the public) can't understand the writings being portrayed!?!2. The players of this tournament can't speak for themselves so shouldn't their works and the people surrounding the work do them due diligence in giving voice to what they did!?!3.If we honor the past, live in the present and hope for the future, isn't there a "common ground" suitable for all to appreciate this book and the lessons it gives for chess growth and learning!?!I believe there is but you won't find it in this book of champions....this is just a collection of newspaper editorials by the authors, who were physically at the tournament, recapping the events, saving their work and then wow! many years later someone perchance finds the editorials in a dusty old container and realizing the discovery, says "why not make a book that gives honor and dignity" meanwhile making some MONEY!! Really PUBLISHER surely you can do better than that! THIS BOOK IS IN "DESCRIPTIVE NOTATION" although the actual players of the tournament wrote their games in ALGEBRAIC NOTATION! (the writers were English reporters who spoke fluent Russian and this was their handiwork for the English public at the time.)Now the book is deemed a "CLASSIC WORK" by the publishers, to be kept affordable by its "ORIGINALITY" in every way, being sold to chessworld and who!?!. For a FEW that's great (collectors maybe?!?) but what about the rest of chessworld? Is it really that "unaffordable" to produce a current translation of the book containing ALL of its "ORIGINALITY"? Maybe you say that "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY THIS BOOK!" or not.....Weeellll I did and it's back in that dusty container I mentioned...."Do you think I can get a REFUND?" This book is NOT an essential buy (for most of us) so maybe the publisher will "GET SMART" or be out of business.....This is an example (truly, truly) of getting what you pay for. I would be willing to SPEND MORE for better presentation (written or otherwise) of the same material!