Tal: Tal-Botvinik 1960 Klassiker and champion development is profound

and champion development is profound

but over the course of his swashbuckling career he has produced an astonishing amount of brilliantly creative games

clear-cut strategies and standard manoeuvres

which made history by beating World Champion Garry Kasparov in an epic encounter

he devotes a decidedly simple and correct ten pages

Tal: Tal-Botvinik 1960 Klassiker and champion development is profoundMikhail Tals splendid account of his world championship match victory is one of the masterpieces of the golden age of annotation before insights and feelings and flashes of genius were reduced to mere moves and Informant symbols. This is simply the best book written about a world championship match by a contestant. That shouldnt be a surprise because Tal was the finest writer to become world champion. From the Foreword by International Grandmaster