Lartsuliani, Sh. From Inspiration to Reality: A Dialogue with Mikhail Botvinnik on Chess and Life Problems (Shtagonebidan realobamde), 1992. In Georgian.

შიო ლარცულიანი.
შთაგონებიდან რეალობამდე: დიალოგი მიხეილ ბოტვინიკთან საჭადრაკო და ცხოვრებისეულ პრობლემებზე.
თბილისი: სამშობლო, 1992.
104 გვ. : ილ. ; 20 სმ. ტირაჟი 40,000 ც. რბილი ყდა.
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Shio Lartsuliani.
From Inspiration to Reality: A Dialogue with Mikhail Botvinnik on Chess and Life Problems.
Tbilisi: Samshoblo (Homeland), 1992.
104 pp. : ill. ; 20 cm. Edition of 40,000 copies. Paperback.

This unique 1992 publication by Shio Lartsuliani offers an intimate and intellectually rigorous encounter with Mikhail Botvinnik, the "Patriarch" of the Soviet chess school and a three-time World Chess Champion. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of Botvinnik’s scientific approach to the game, including the arrangement of dialogues that transcend the 64 squares to address broader philosophical, ethical, and social problems. Published in Tbilisi during the turbulent transition to Georgian independence, the book captures Botvinnik's late-period reflections on the role of artificial intelligence in chess, his rigid training methods, and his views on the evolution of human intellect. Lartsuliani’s dialogue serves as a vital primary source for understanding the psychological and technical foundations of the most disciplined era in chess history, presenting the Grandmaster not just as a player, but as a thinker and engineer of human potential.