One of the most legendary tournaments in the history of chess. Constellation of names: first place & mdash; E. Bogolyubov, second & mdash; Em. Lasker, third & mdash; J.R. Capablanca! And also: F. Marshall, R. Reti, A. Rubinstein, R. Shpilman and many others. During the tournament, film director V. Pudovkin shot the famous feature film Chess Fever, in which world champion Jose Raul Capablanca played himself. All games of the First Moscow with comments from the winner of the tournament. For a wide range of chess lovers.

All games of the I Moscow International tournament with comments. The tournament brought together a very strong composition, played Kapablanka, Lasker, Rubinstein, Bogolyubov, many famous grandmasters and all the leading Soviet chess players.

Detailed and deep comments of the trainers of the participants.

Transcript of a public lecture given at the Central Lecture Hall of the Society in Moscow.

To participate in the match-tournament in 1941, the winners of the XII USSR Championship were invited: I. Bondarevsky, A. Lilienthal, V. Smyslov, P. Keres, I. Boleslavsky and M. Botvinnik. After the participants of the match-tournament became known, the tournament program was determined. Each had to play four games with each one & mdash; actually a small match. Thus, the match tournament consisted of four laps. Mikhail Moiseevich said that this book & mdash; the best that he did in the field of chess analysis. Meanwhile, it was created in the most difficult conditions: during the war, in evacuation. The family of a chess player of 6 people lived in the room, and every day, coming from work, he worked on a table made of suitcases, believing that in this way he retains his analytical power for future accomplishments. M.M. often said that the real science according to & laquo; Parkinson's Law & raquo; done in the barn, but as soon as the doorman appears in the livery at the main entrance, science ends. Apparently, this also applies to literary and chess work.

Для участия в матч-турнире 1941 г. были приглашены призеры XII чемпионата СССР: И. Бондаревский, А. Лилиенталь, В. Смыслов, П. Керес, И. Болеславский и М. Ботвинник. После того, как участники матч-турнира стали известны, была определена и турнирная программа. Каждый с каждым должен был сыграть четыре партии — фактически по небольшому матчу. Таким образом, матч-турнир состоял из четырех кругов. Михаил Моисеевич говорил, что эта книга — лучшее, что сделано им в области шахматного анализа. Между тем, она создавалась в труднейших условиях: во время войны, в эвакуации. В комнате жила семья шахматиста из 6 человек, и ежедневно, приходя с работы, на столе, составленном из чемоданов, он трудился, полагая, что таким образом сохраняет свою аналитическую силу для грядущих свершений. М.М. часто говорил, что настоящая наука согласно «Закону Паркинсона» делается в сарае, а как только появляется швейцар в ливрее у парадного входа, наука заканчивается. Видимо, это касается и литературно-шахматного труда. Другой эпизод, связанный с книгой, относится к 1970 году. А.А.Быховский (в то время старший тренер молодежной сборной СССР) привел к Ботвиннику Александра Белявского. Потом М. М. говорил, что Белявского ему показали слишком поздно. Что значит поздно, переспросили его? «17 лет — поздно, шахматист уже сформирован», — ответил Михаил Моисеевич. Юноша понравился, и Ботвинник дал ему эту книгу для тщательного изучения. Через несколько месяцев она была возвращена со словами: «Хотел найти хотя бы одну ошибку в анализе, но не нашел!» Первому изданию уже 60 лет. Второе выходило в 1951 году! Тираж нового небольшой — 1700 экз. Кроме того, 200 экз. выпущены в эксклюзивном виде: с золотым обрезом и именными, выполненными шелкографией.

Collection of games of the match half a century ago. Half of the games of the match was commented by M. Botvinnik, the rest by well-known grandmasters E.Sveshnikov, S.Flor, A.Lilienthal and others.

A collection of all 24 games of the match with detailed comments.

All match games with detailed notes of the winner.

The book details all 43 games played by A. Karpov in three matches of the candidates (with Polugaevsky, Spassky and Korchnoi), which led him to the title of world champion in 1975. April 24, 1975 Anatoly Karpov was awarded a laurel wreath of the world champion in chess. The chess crown returned to the Soviet Union again. Of course, it is interesting for Soviet chess players to become more familiar with the work of the young grandmaster. In the new book of the first Soviet world chess champion M. Botvinnik, all 43 games played by Anatoly Karpov in the three matches of the contenders are commented on, which led the young chess grandmaster to the chess Olympus.

The author set himself a difficult goal: to create a kind of meditator's guide based on the material of the international tournament of grandmasters. Grandmaster Bronstein is famous for the depth of the game, an original understanding of the laws of chess. This is manifested in the games of the grandmaster that bypassed the world press and fully refers to his comments. Numerous positive, and sometimes laudatory reviews of the first literary work of D. Bronstein, the benefits brought by the book according to readers' reviews, indicated that the author successfully coped with the task. The second edition is slightly reduced compared to the first due to the elimination of obsolete material. The introductory article was supplemented, and the errors noted in the first edition were eliminated.