This book tells Spassky's story from barely escaping with his life when evacuating from the Siege of Leningrad as a young boy, to becoming the strongest player in the world in the late 1960s.
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This book tells Spassky's story from barely escaping with his life when evacuating from the Siege of Leningrad as a young boy, to becoming the strongest player in the world in the late 1960s.
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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.
About the Author
International Master Tibor Károlyi was Hungarian Champion in 1984 and is renowned as both an author and a trainer. He won the Guardian Chess Book of the Year prize in 2007.
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