Timman: Curaçao 1962 - The Battle of Minds that Shook the Chess World grundlagen Chess Life

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Danish FIDE Master Carsten Hansen is a well-known chess writer with many well-received books on chess openings and positional play to his credit

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Timman: Curaçao 1962 - The Battle of Minds that Shook the Chess World grundlagen Chess LifeA fresh look at the games of the legendary Candidates Tournament The 1962 Candidates' Tournament in Curaao was one of the fiercest chess battles of all time . At the height of the Cold War, eight players contested for the right to challenge World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The format of the tournament was a grueling quadruple round robin. Twenty eight games were to be played on the tropical island, in a contest that lasted two months. The air