As of mid November 2024, the lowest price for this book from an American seller on the book search engine addall dot com is $40. Buy my copy and save! 100 typescript pages pages with tables and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6 1/4") . British Chess Quarterlies number 7. (Betts: 25-336) First edition. Contains a 6 page general introduction to the tournament , all 196 games without notes and score tables of all USSR Championships. Figurine Algebraic notation. Many of the participants in the championship were household names in the chess world. After drawing his first seven games Stein produced an astonishing burst of 5.5 of 6 to lead after thirteen rounds. Bronstein was recovering while Geller, Spassky and Cholmov continued to hold their high placings. Every half point was vital at this stage. With three rounds to go, the issue was still open. The Eighteenth round produced two vital results: Korchnoi, who had fought his way back among the leaders lost to Taimov and Suetin's game with Stein was a draw. This meant that Cholmov and Spassky lead by 1/2 point from Stein and Bronstein with Suetin and Geller a further 1/2 point behind. Suetin and Geller won and so the final was a tie first through third with Spassky, Cholmov and Stein and fourth through sixth Bronstein Geller and Suetin. A double round play-off for first place resulted in Spassky losing to Stein and a win over Cholmov and Stein became the new Soviet Champion. This book was published in two editions, one a glue bound, and the other a spiral bound. Condition: this glue bound edition has the binding intact, which is unusual for these older books. Date: 1964. British Chess Magazine, Ltd US