World Champion chess matches : the definitive guide to the great games and intrigues of all the World Championship chess matches

The exciting highlights and great games of every World Championship chess match are recounted in grandmaster Eduard Gufeld's lively style, with anecdotes, little-known stories, and hundreds of key position diagrams.

Gufeld, an internationally respected player, does much more than present the in-depth analysis and thinking behind the moves of the great players; he also relates the often wild and zany off-the-board intrigues of such colorful figures as Bobby Fischer and current champion Garry Kasparov.

Gurus, parapsychologists, dirty tricks, psychological warfare, and all the side shows that have focused worldwide media attention on each contest are brought to life.

Much of the material has never before appeared in print.