Thank you very much Javier,

[Zorg]

I don't know if you had forgotten somebody, but with the collections recommended, I have study for month and month to come . (True, you have not mentioned neither Botvinnik nor Geller. The former essentially has written many books).

I like very much Spassky's games and I think it's a pity that such a player was "too lazzy" (his own words) to write about himself.

Such unobjective attitude you righly describe about Karpov and Kasparov give many regrets. If guys of that caliber had produced good and honest comments of their numerous masterpieces it would have been great ....Alas..Karpov takes no harm to explain his thoughts,(may be chess is very easy for him and things seem evident ?!) and Kasparov is always better ?! By the way, some years ago, the following joke was in vogue in a french chess bookstore (but probably also around the world) : "When Kasparov loses a game, he writes a book to explain how he should have drawn, and when he draws he rewrites the book to show how that he was winning ?!!"

I have always been amazed by Petrosian's genius and I own all the books available in english, german and french. These books without exception have been written by other authors. The only book signed "Petrosian" (I possess) is "Petrosian Legacy" and as you know it's not really a book but different lectures he gave and which were assembled in a booklet after his death with the accord of his widow.

In Shektman's two volumes we can find some games annotated by Petrosian himself.

Once again, thank you Javier, for this rapid answer to my post.

[Javier]

I did mention Botvinnik!

 

What you say about Spassky is true: it's a pity he never wrote a book on his games. But I like something he said once about Kasparov when Garry co-authored several books: "If you're the world champion, you write the book yourself, you don't ask someone to do the work and then you sign it".

I think you're right about Petrosian. The book you mention (which is a small collection of some of his lectures) is outstanding, and I must have been thinking about that when I wrote the comment (The spanish version, which I read, is called "Ajedrez en la cumbre" which is a rather lame title ("Chess at the peak").

I don't think he wrote any book on his games, what a pity indeed!