Boris Spassky's Best Games 1

Boris Spassky is the most underappreciated World Champion in chess history, remembered as the Soviet who lost to Bobby Fischer in 1972. In this two-volume work, biographer extraordinaire Tibor Karolyi puts the focus on Spassky’s brilliant career and life story.

Born in 1937, Spassky barely escaped with his life when evacuating from the Siege of Leningrad as a young boy. This book tells the story of how that boy subsequently learned to play chess and rose through the Soviet ranks to become the strongest player in the world in the late 1960s.

International Master Tibor Karolyi is a renowned author and trainer from Hungary. His biographical works for Quality Chess have received glowing praise from readers and reviewers.

Reviews

Stjepan Tomić (chessreads.com)
“Karolyi does Spassky justice, and presents him for what he truly was: one of the greatest world champions of the 20th century, and not just a guy who lost the title to Fischer. Tibor Karolyi, known for his biographical works first and foremost, whose great books include Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen, Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov, and Karpov’s Strategic Wins, one of my favorite game collections, has once more managed to produce a solid game collection and biography.”
(full review in English)

Ludo Tolhuizen (Schaaksite.nl)
“Karolyi once again demonstrates his qualities as a biographer with this book. The well-executed book provides a fine overview of Spassky's life, successes, and failures from the beginning of his career, with both well-known games and lesser-known works of art.”
(full review in Dutch)