My Great Predecessors, Part IV: Fischer

Author: Garri "Gary" Kimovich Kasparov (1963- ) and Dmitry PlisetskyYear: 2009Publisher: Everyman ChessPlace: LondonDescription: 496 pages with diagrams, bibliography and index. Quarto (10' x 7") bound in original publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Translated by Ken Neat. Reprint. First published in 2003. This book brings together the two greatest names in the history of chess. The author, Garry Kasparov, is the world number one and, by common consent, the greatest player ever. The subject of the book, Bobby Fischer, is the only American to have become world champion and is probably the greatest natural talent the world has ever seen. In the period between 1955 and 1972 Fischer, more or less single-handedly, took on the might of the Soviet Chess Empire, and won. During this time Fischer scored astonishing successes the like of which had not been seen before. These included 11/11 in the 1963/64 US Championship and match victories (en route t