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Curaçao 1962: The Battle of Mindsthat Shook
By Jan Timman
Hardcover
$35.99
By Jan Timman
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ENTER THE DRAMA, INTRIGUE AND CONTROVERSY OF ONE OF CHESS HISTORY'S FIERCEST TOURNAMENTS
The 1962 Candidates' Tournament in Curaçao was one of the fiercest chess battles of all time. At the height of the Cold War, eight players contested the right to challenge World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The format of the tournament was a gruelling quadruple round-robin. Twenty-eight games were to be played on the tropical island, in a contest that lasted two months.
The air trembled with drama and in...
The 1962 Candidates' Tournament in Curaçao was one of the fiercest chess battles of all time. At the height of the Cold War, eight players contested the right to challenge World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The format of the tournament was a gruelling quadruple round-robin. Twenty-eight games were to be played on the tropical island, in a contest that lasted two months.
The air trembled with drama and in...