Matches for the world championship. Anthology. Volume 1. Berdichevsky M.

The proposed three -volume collected and commented on the parties of all matches for the world championship in chess, held from 1886 to 1998.

, the vast majority of these matches were the battles of real chess titans. Since 1947, the organization of world championships, including qualifying competitions, began to engage in the International Chess Federation (FIDE). This strengthened both the prestige of the title itself and the prestige of the FIDE, who managed to authoritatively draw a draw of the world championships within half a century.

among the parties presented in this three -volume, many genuine masterpieces, the study of which will cause true pleasure to connoisseurs of chess art. We can confidently say that this publication gives the most striking idea of ​​the state of chess and chess knowledge at different stages of the history of our game over the past century. Such material cannot be outdated, cannot be devoted to oblivion.

In the current violently changing world, you have to think about how to better continue and develop the ancient tradition of determining the strongest chess player of the planet. It so happened that the previous system of competitions at this stage should involuntarily be radically revised. It had advantages and disadvantages; In the end, its shortcomings - insignificant commercial attractiveness and difficulty in providing the participants of a worthy reward - played a role, putting society to the need to go in new ways. That is why the proposed three -volume is also a kind of answer about what has been done so far, and the expression of our deep respect and admiration for the great chess players who owned the chess crown from the moment of its institution.