This chess biography with 90 deeply annotated games covers the career of the straw Hungarian Grandmaster through 1979. It has his tournament and match record, and numerous diagrams. The book itself is in excellent condition with the former owner’s signature on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket is missing. Lajos Portisch (born 4 April 1937) is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik". One of the strongest non-Soviet players from the early 1960s into the late 1980s, he participated in twelve consecutive Interzonals from 1962 through 1993, qualifying for the World Chess Championship Candidates Cycle a total of eight times (1965, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1985, and 1988). Portisch set several all-time records in Chess Olympiads. In Hungarian Chess Championships, he either shared the title or won it outright a total of eight times (1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1975, and 1981). He won many strong international tournaments during his career. He won matches against Reshevsky, Korchnoi and Larsen. Lowest price as of mid January 2025 on the Book search engine addall dot com Is $20; buy my copy and save!