The World Chess Championship 1951 Botvinnik v. Bronstein - Tapa blanda

The 1951 match for the World Chess Championship was exceptionally hard fought. Each player won 5 games and the remaining 14 games were drawn. The match ended in a 12-12 tie and, under the rules, the champion, Botvinnik, retained his title. A new appendix has been added to the end of this book with all the games converted to Algebraic notation and the concluded diagram for each game. Rumors that have persisted that Bronstein was forced to resign that match by some higher political authority resulted in a book and a movie that depicted the supposed event. The book and movie is "From Russia with Love" by Ian Fleming. It is part of the long running James Bond Agent 007 Series. Kronsteen, unlike the real life David Bronstein, is given the assignment of planning the murder of James Bond, who has been giving the Soviets trouble for a long time. This ultimately leads to the death of Kronsteen in the movie, unlike Bronstein who obeyed the order and thus was allowed to live to a ripe old age. According to the plan worked out by Kronsteen, a beautiful Russian girl would be sent as a lure to James Bond. While this plot line may seem ridiculous, it was not entirely untrue. The Soviets did in reality use beautiful women as bait to entrap Americans, as was the case of a real spy the Russians sent to us recently, Anna Chapman.

William Winter won the British Open Chess Championship in 1934 and the British Chess Championship in 1935 and 1936. He was born 11 September 1898 in England. He was a professed Communist who was once imprisoned for political activities. He died 18 December 1955 in London. Robert G. Wade was born 10 April 1921 in New Zealand. After winning the New Zealand Chess Championship three times he moved to England for the increased opportunities to play top-level chess. Wade British champion twice, and played in seven Chess Olympiads and one Interzonal tournament. Wade held the titles of International Master and International Arbiter. He was a prolific author who wrote or edited many chess books. He died 29 November 2008 in London.