Världsmästarmatchen Moskva 15 mars - 11 maj 1951"

Author: Stahlberg, Anders Gideon Tom (1908-1967)Year: 1951Publisher: Sveriges Schackförbunds förlagPlace: HelsingforsDescription:149 pages with diagrams, photographs and table. Royal octavo (9" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher quarter beige cloth with blue lettering to spine in original jacket. (Linde-Niemeijeriana: 5168) First edition.Botvinnik had played no chess in public since he had won the FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948), but he studied thoroughly by annotating every game Bronstein had played since the start of the Saltsjöbaden Interzonal. Beginning in January 1951, Botvinnik also began compiling a notebook filled with his latest ideas in all the openings he thought might figure prominently in the match. Bronstein claimed that Botvinnik hadn't played since 1948 "because he did not want to reveal his opening secrets." Botvinnik finalized his preparation just days before the match with two secret training games against Viacheslav Ragozin. Bronstein also played two tr