{"product_id":"the-best-of-karpov-p-r-markland","title":"The Best of Karpov - P.R. Markland","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 270 pages, Oxford University Press 1975\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo one can question the right of Anatoly Karpov to challenge Bobby Fischer for the World Chess Championship.  Even before his 3-2 win over Victor Korchnoi in the 1974 Candidates Final he had established himself as the leading Soviet grandmaster by his performance on first board at the 1974 Nice Olympiad.  At the age of 23 his play shows all the solidity of Petrosian, the simplicity and effortless ease of Capablanca, and the killer instinct of Fischer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe games in this book were selected by Karpov himself and illustrate not only his most impressive victories but also some of the more interesting lapses of his meteoric career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524466839706,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0485\/7836\/3546\/files\/IMG_4229.jpg?v=1790216055","url":"https:\/\/chess4less.com\/products\/the-best-of-karpov-p-r-markland","provider":"Chess4Less","version":"1.0","type":"link"}