Pachman's Decisive Games

Author: Pachman, Ludek (1924-2003)Year: 1975Publisher: Pitman PublishingPlace: LondonDescription:viii+259 pages with diagrams, tables and indices. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Translated by A S Russell. (Lusis: 1173) First British edition. First published as Entscheidungspartien (1972).This original collection analyses the most decisive games played in the last 100 years. International Grandmaster Ludek Pachman has selected those encounters which have determined the results of the major championships and tournaments since 1870. The games chosen are mostly those between the strongest competitors, or games in the last round which both players must win. Some of these games are brilliancies, but the main importance of this collection is in the insights they provide into the psychology of chess under stress. Every chess player will find here games that are both dramatic and entertaining, but