World Chess Championship 1954: A Full Account of all the Games and the Players and the Scene

Author: Golombek, Harry (1911- ) [editor]Year: 1954Publisher: MacGibbon & KeePlace: LondonDescription:xviii, 166 pages with plates, including portrait, tables and diagrams. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 3/4" issued in blue with gilt lettering to spine. Foreword by M M Botvinnik and postscript by V Smyslov. (Betts: 27-53). First edition.Contains the 24 games of the match, fully annotated, with a game by game commentary, a review of the openings and the scores of the 20 previous games between the two players.The 1953 Candidates Tournament, held at Zurich, was a marathon 15 player double round robin. Vasily Smyslov (+9 -1 =18) finished two points ahead of Bronstein (+6 -2 =20) to challenge Botvinnik at Moscow in March 1954. Botvinnik won three of the first four games, but by the 11th game Smyslov had taken the lead. Just as with his match against Bronstein, once again Mikhail Botvinnik retained his title on a tied match. The 24-game match had 14 decisive games, 12 of the first 16, including a st