International Master Tibor Karolyi and FIDE Master Tigran Gyozalyan have
written a comprehensive two-volume treatise on the life and games of
Tigran Petrosian, who was world champion from 1963-1969. The present
Volume I takes the reader on a journey from Tigran's childhood, through
the war years, successes in Georgian and Armenian national
championships, his emergence as an elite player winning the Soviet
championship and Olympic gold, and victory at the famous 1962 Candidates
Tournament in Curacao.
Karolyi and Gyozalyan provide deep modern analysis of 148 full games and
fragments, and summarise almost all known games played by Petrosian in
the period. They also provide considerable background colour on each
game, with round-by-round analysis of tournaments and matches in which
they were played. Very few of these games have previously been analysed
in detail in modern books, and those that were have nevertheless been
subjected to considerably improved analysis.
Petrosian's opponents in Volume I include world champions and
challengers Fischer, Tal, Spassky, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Euwe, Korchnoi,
and Bronstein, as well as leading players such as Keres, Geller, Benko,
Polugaevsky, Reshevsky, Taimanov, Kotov, Gligoric, and many others.
There is a special focus on his coaches Ebralidze, Lilienthal and
Boleslavsky.
An added bonus is the inclusion of rare photos taken from private
collections in Georgia and Armenia, many of which have never before been
published in the West.
With a foreword by the greatest Armenian chess player of modern times
Levon Aronian.
