Hübner Year by Year: Volume I (1959-1979)
Language: English - 534 pages
€56.11
Elk and Ruby
Synopsis
Robert Hübner (1948-2025) was one of the world’s leading players in the 1970s-1980s, reaching four world championship candidates cycles. Widely recognised as Germany’s greatest chess player since Emanuel Lasker, he reached the candidates final against Korchnoi over the 1980-1981 New Year. He was ranked number 3 in the world in July 1981, behind only Karpov and Korchnoi.
About Tibor Karolyi
International Master Tibor Karolyi is a former Hungarian chess champion. His book Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov won the Guardian Chess Book of the Year Award in 2007. He has written books on many great players’ careers, including Kasparov, Karpov, Tal, Portisch and Judit Polgar, as well as Tigran Petrosian and Viktor Korchnoi. He has coached Peter Leko, Olympic champions Sofia Polgar and Ildiko Madl, and Olympic silver medalist and European Community champion Zoltan Gyimesi. Five of his junior pupils have won a total of nine world championship medals for their age groups. He is twice the Senior World Champion at Racketlon.
Product specifications
| Binding | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | Friday, 15 August 2025 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Pagecount | 534 |
| Interior color | Black/white |
| Size | 155 x 235 mm |
| Publisher | Elk and Ruby |
| Author | Tibor Karolyi |
| Category | Sports and hobbies > Mind games |