Botvinnik's Best Games by Alexander Khalifman (hardcover)

This Botvinnik's Best Games by Alexander Khalifman is an English-language hardcover chess book that presents more than fifty annotated games by Mikhail Botvinnik, combining biography with practical game analysis.

What this book covers

Mikhail Botvinnik was one of the defining figures in chess history, and this book focuses on the games that best show why. Rather than offering a dry list of scores, it uses his most important games to trace his thinking, his style and his influence on modern chess.

The result is a book that works on two levels: it tells the story of a world champion, and it also shows how he built positions, made plans and handled top-level play.

Inside the book

Alexander Khalifman has selected and commented on more than fifty of Botvinnik’s best games. The notes are clear and practical, so the book can be read as a chess history title and used as a regular study resource.

This edition belongs to the New In Chess series on the greatest chess players in history, making it a natural choice for anyone building a chess library around classic players and landmark games.

This hardcover edition is suitable for players, trainers, collectors and anyone interested in chess history, classic games and structured study.

Key details

• Product type: hardcover chess book
• Author: Alexander Khalifman
• Subject: Mikhail Botvinnik
• Language: English
• Content: more than 50 annotated games
• Series: New In Chess series on the greatest chess players in history
• Page count: 448
• Cover: hardcover