The first book of a two-volume work that covers Spassky's entire career from the beginning to the last recorded game played in 2009. The first volume covers the period up to 1968, before Spassky became World Champion. It contains biographical information and an estimated 70-80 deeply annotated, chronologically arranged games of Spassky, with indexes at the end. Boris Spassky, born in 1937, is one of the most popular chess players in history, a player of very universal style, he was the 10th World Champion from 1969, when he defeated Tigran Petrosian, to 1972, when he lost to Bobby Fischer. IM Tibor Karolyi was Hungarian Champion, works as a coach and is also recognized as an author. His biographical books on Kasparov, Karpov, Korchny, Petrosyan or Tal have been very successful. Further information and a sample from the book are available at qualitychess.co.uk