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 II takes the reader on a journey from Tigran's victory in the
1963 world title match against Mikhail Botvinnik, when he firmly
established himself as the best player in the world, through his next
two title matches against Boris Spassky in 1966 and 1969 and subsequent
candidates matches against Bobby Fischer, Victor Korchnoi and other
world-class players of the era. It covers all his tournaments and
matches of the second half of his career, ending with his final games in
1983.
Karolyi and Gyozalyan provide deep modern analysis of 175 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. Many of these games have not 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 II include world champions and
challengers Kasparov, Karpov, Fischer, Spassky, Tal, Smyslov, Botvinnik,
Korchnoi, and Bronstein, as well as leading players such as Timman,
Larsen, Reshevsky, Beliavsky, Polugaevsky, Portisch, Romanishin, and
many others. There is a special focus on his coaches Suetin and Zaitsev.
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.
