Mikhail Botvinnik: The Live and Games of a World Chess

Author: Soltis, Andrew Eden ( 1947- )Year: 2014Publisher: McFarland & CoPlace: Jefferson, NC and LondonDescription:vii+274 pages with diagrams, illustrations, appendices and indices. Small quarto (10 1/4" x 7 1/2") bound in original publisher's dark blue cloth with silver lettering to spine and cover. First edition.Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik, PhD (Russian: Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник, (August 17 1911-May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian International Grandmaster and three-time World Chess Champion, widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Working as an electrical engineer and computer scientist at the same time, he was one of the very few professional chess players who achieved distinction in another career while playing top-class competitive chess. He was also a pioneer of computer chess. Botvinnik was the first world-class player to develop within the Soviet Union, putting him under political pressure but also giving him co