Second Piatigorsky Cup International Grandmaster Chess Tournament Held in Santa Monica, California August 1966 [Paperback]

Gregor Piatigorsky (Author), Isaac Kashdan (Author), Sam Sloan (Introduction), Bobby Fischer (Commentary), Boris Spassky (Commentary), Tigran Petrosian (Commentary), Samuel Reshevsky (Commentary), Jan H. Donner (Commentary), Borislav Ivkov (Commentary), Wolfgang Unzicker (Commentary), Bent Larsen (Commentary), Miguel Najdorf (Commentary), Lajos Portisch (Commentary)

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Publication Date: November 20, 2009

Ten of the world's strongest chess players competed in the strongest chess tournament ever held in the US. All ten of the players have provided annotations to their games. Every one of the 90 games in the tournament is annotated. All the games have been converted to modern Algebraic Notation with diagrams. The games are annotated by Jan H. Donner, Robert Fischer, Borislav Ivkov, Bent Larsen, Miguel Najdorf, Tigran Petrosian, Lajos Portisch, Samuel Reshevsky, Boris Spassky, and Wolfgang Unzicker. Introduction by Gregor Piatigorsky. Edited by Isaac Kashdan with a new foreword by Sam Sloan.

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About the Author

It has been reported that the great violin pedagogue, Ivan Galamian, once described Piatigorsky as the greatest string player of all time. He was an extraordinarily dramatic player. His orientation as a performer was to convey the maximum expression embodied in a piece. He brought a great authenticity to his understanding of this expression. He was able communicate this authenticity because he had had extensive personal and professional contact with many of the great composers of the day. Piatigorsky also enjoyed playing chess. His wife, Jacqueline, was a strong player who played in several US women's championships and represented the United States in the women's Chess Olympiad. In 1963, the Piatigorskys organized and financed a strong international tournament in Los Angeles, won by Paul Keres and Tigran Petrosian. A second Piatigorsky Cup was held in Santa Monica in 1966, and was won by Boris Spassky.

Product Details

• Paperback: 322 pages
• Publisher: Ishi Press; annotated edition edition (November 20, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 4871878449
• ISBN-13: 978-4871878449
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,568,592 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Nice tournament book, October 31, 2010

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This review is from: Second Piatigorsky Cup International Grandmaster Chess Tournament Held in Santa Monica, California August 1966 (Paperback)

This book is merely a copy of the descriptive notation book originally by Dover with the addition of a rather long introductory chapter about the life of Mrs. Piatigorsky (she organized/paid for the tournament) and a chapter at the end of the book with all the games in algebraic notation without annotations.
The main body of the book in descriptive notation has games usually with analysis by both players. With all of the players being quite strong (Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Larsen etc) this is quite interesting.