Mikhail BOTVINNIK: "MATCH-TOURNAMENT OF 1941"

Remembering this work Botvinnik said: "Probably this is the best I have made in area of chess analysis". Meanwhile the book was created in hardest conditions, in evacuation, during the Second World War. The whole family consisting of 6 persons lived in one room.

Day per day Botvinnik after work came back  home and on the table constructed out of suitcases made his book. He believed that  he will save his strength for mutual achivements this way. Very often with smiling he said that real science according to "Parkinson's law"is making in shed, but when door-keeper in full-dress livery appears at the main entrance all science finishes. May be this is touch of the chess - literary works in full measure.

Another episode connecting with this book relevate to 1970. When future grandmaster Alexander Beliavsky was introduced to Botvinnik , Mikhail gave him this tournament book for careful learning.  Several monthes later Alexander returned book with such words: " I would like to find out some mistakes in analysis, but I couldn't ".

It is the third edition, the first one was in 1947 and the second - in 1951. This edition consists of 1700 copies, but 200 copies will be executed in exclusive form: with gold edge and autographed copies. The name of  book's holder will be made by silkographia method.

The collectors should think about an order of personal copy just now.

It  will be  late if you make your order in the month.

Information at e-mail botvinnikfund@mtu-net.ru

Tel. (495) 291 85 95.