Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer's unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to Reykjavik.
The second volume, Fischer – Spassky 1972, is devoted to the Reykjavik match which captivated the entire world.
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.
- ISBN-13
- 9781784831646
- Publisher
- Quality Chess
- Imprint
- Quality Chess
- Format
- Hardback
- Pages
- 432
- Dimensions
- 240 x 170 mm
- Language
- English