Bobby Fischer

Author: Fischer, Robert James (Bobby) [1943-2008]Year: 1973Publisher: Doubleday & CoPlace: Garden CityDescription:448 pages with frontispiece, diagrams, illustrations and plates, tables and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") issued in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Edited by Robert G Wade, Kevin J O'Connell with contributions by Leonard Barden, Arthur Bisguier, L S Blackstock, Harry Golombek, and Paul Keres. (Lusis: 1264.1) Second edition revised and enlarged.This volume records every serious game accessible to the editors (some previously unpublished) that Bobby Fischer has played since 1955, when as a boy of twelve his games began to appear in print. A large proportion of the 660 complete games included have notes on critical variations and twenty of Fischer's most important encounters have been annotated in depth by Bob Wade; these are supported by over 700 diagrams of key positions. The book also contains numerous tournament tables and records, as well as an index