Международный турнир в Швейцарии. Сборник партий.
Редактор: В. Е. Герман. Обложка: Н. П. Лобанев.
Москва: Физкультура и спорт, 1954.
77 стр., мягкий переплет. Тираж: 25000 экз.
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International Tournament in Switzerland. Collection of Games.
Editor: V. E. German. Cover: N. P. Lobanev.
Moscow: Fizkultura i Sport, 1954.
77 pp., softcover. Print run: 25,000 copies.
This 1954 publication is the official game collection from the legendary FIDE Candidates Tournament held in Zurich–Neuhausen, Switzerland, in 1953, one of the greatest and most famous chess events of all time. The tournament featured the strongest grandmasters of the era, including future world champion Vasily Smyslov, who won the event, as well as Paul Keres, David Bronstein, Tigran Petrosian, and others, all competing for the right to challenge world champion Mikhail Botvinnik. This softcover volume, published by the Soviet sports publisher "Fizkultura i Sport," provides an invaluable record of the tournament by presenting all 210 games played, albeit without analytical commentary. It serves as an essential primary source for chess historians and enthusiasts, documenting the strategic and theoretical battles that defined a pivotal moment in mid-20th-century chess history.