Botvinnik's complete games vs best games

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ssctk

There are two 3-volume works by Botvinnik, the english translation has been published by Moravian

1) Botvinnik's Best Games, Volumes 1-3

2) Botvinnik's Complete Games, Volumes 1-3

Judging from the title, 2) must have all his games and therefore 1) can only be a subset. But these days all his games can be found in a database anyhow.

In terms of annotated games, insights, notes, how does 2) differ to 1) ?

Is 2) worth buying for someone who already owns the three volumes of 1) ?

TwoMove

There are quite a few unannoted games in the 2) but it includes lots of Botvinnik's articles including autobiography "Acheiving the aim" if I remember rightly. Well worth getting if a fan of Botvinnik.

ssctk
TwoMove wrote:

There are quite a few unannoted games in the 2) but it includes lots of Botvinnik's articles including autobiography "Acheiving the aim" if I remember rightly. Well worth getting if a fan of Botvinnik.

Thanks !

So I already own 1) - the best games series - . I wouldn't buy the complete games series for completeness , biography etc, but there's one thing which would be enough to buy it:

- Do the articles present in 2) and not in 1) contain analysis of the systems he played that's not replicated in his annotated games?

That would be enough of a reason for me to buy it.

OmegaGrandMasterGWiz
I have his complete games in Russian it’s a 4 volume set but I dont have volume 1, I read a interview between a grandmaster and a reporter, the gm said “his work on his complete games should be read if your serious about chess and improvement”. Also his 100 best games book has been highly recommended by many masters and grnadmasters.
ssctk
OmegaGrandMasterGWiz wrote:
I have his complete games in Russian it’s a 4 volume set but I dont have volume 1, I read a interview between a grandmaster and a reporter, the gm said “his work on his complete games should be read if your serious about chess and improvement”. Also his 100 best games book has been highly recommended by many masters and grnadmasters.

The 100 selected games book is a subset of the 3-volume best games work discussed here as option 1) .