Bobby Fischer

This is the complete tournament and match record of the most compelling figure in chess history — all 735 of Bobby Fischer’s games, from his first recorded efforts as a twelve-year-old in 1955 through the 1972 world-championship triumph to the 1992 rematch with Spassky.

The collection is framed by an unusually distinguished cast. The foreword is by Larry Evans, Fischer’s long-time second and friend; the introduction is by endgame authority Karsten Müller; and Andy Soltis contributes a survey of Fischer’s openings, tracing how the American’s razor-sharp repertoire evolved over a career that reshaped opening theory.

Organised year by year, the book lets you follow Fischer’s development in a way no anthology of “best games” can: the early brilliancies, the dominant runs of the early 1960s, the astonishing streak through the 1971 Candidates, and the match that made him champion. Career results, highlights, and full opening and player indexes make it as useful for reference as it is for study.

For anyone drawn to Fischer — whether to relive the classics or to study the precision and clarity that defined his play — this is the definitive single-volume games collection.