Botvinnik - Petrosjan
The 1963 World Chess Championship Match
This book marks the end of an era: the mighty Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995) loses his world title fifteen years after he conquered the highest crown for the first time. It is a gripping account of a heroic battle. The ageing Botvinnik desperately tries to bounce back after his Armenian opponent Tigran Petrosian has taken an early lead, but ultimately fails.
Mikhail Botvinnik, one of the greatest chess players of all time, analyses many of the games, reveals his match strategy and comments on the strategic choices of his opponent. This important historical document also features annotations by Petrosian and other top grandmasters. Both Petrosian and Botvinnik (in a revealing essay called 'Why did I lose the match?') look back on this momentous event in their lives.
Also included are a collection of all other games between the two rivals, the games of a secret training match by Botvinnik, as well as Botvinnik's legendary final notebook containing his preparation for a match with Bobby Fischer in 1969 - a match that was never to be.
Content:
007 Foreword by Anatoly Karpov
008 From the Editor
009 Without right of revenge
013 The Match
014 From the match regulations
015 The Games
016 Match table
017GAME 1 23 March
020GAME 2 25 March
023GAME 3 27-28 March
026GAME 4 30 March
028GAME 5 1 April
035GAME 6 3 April
038GAME 7 6-7 April
040GAME 8 8 April
044GAME 9 13-14 April
048GAME 10 15 April
050GAME 11 17 April
053GAME 12 20-21 April
058GAME 13 22 April
061GAME 14 24-25 April
066GAME 15 29-30 April
072GAME 16 1-2 May
075GAME 17 6 May
078GAME 18 8-9 May
080GAME 19 11-12 May
084GAME 20 15 May
087GAME 21 18 May
088GAME 22 20 May
091 Petrosian's view of the match
103 A symbolic game
107 Why did I lose the match?
109 Other Botvinnik-Petrosian games
123 The training match Botvinnik-Furman
124 Game 1
125 Game 2
126 Game 3
126 Game 4
127 Game 5
128 Game 6
129 Game 7
130 Game 8
133 Mikhail Botvinnik's final notebook | 
