Smyslov, Bronstein, Geller, Taimanov and Averbakh: A Chess Multibiography with 220 Games

Explores how fate played a capricious role in the lives of five of the greatest players in chess history, such as Russian champion Mark Taimanov being touted as a hero of the Soviet state until his loss to Bobby Fischer all but ruined his life, and Yefim Geller's dream of becoming world champion being crushed by one bad move.