Letter from Botvinnik to Bäckström
Period
1975Place
Moscow, USSR
Material
Paper
Location
FIDE archive
Language
English
Category
DocumentsSubcategory
Letters & Telegrams
Curious fact
In 1975, Botvinnik’s book “Three matches of Anatoly Karpov” was published in Russian in the Soviet Union. It may be the book he mentions in the letter. However, it was never published in other languages
Letter from the sixth World Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik written in English in 1975 and addressed to Lars Bäckström:“Dear Mr. L. Bäckström!Taking an opportunity I send you my book in Russian (probably in a few months this book will be published in German by “Rudi Schmaus Publishing House” in Heidelberg).My friend, the champion of Moscow Central Chess Club master A. Byhovsky (he trains young soviet masters) and young master E. Vladimirov will be your visitors. They will have an opportunity to stay in Sweden for a few days after tournament and, I hope, it will be possible to arrange two or three exhibition plays.How is my old friend Ion Biström? I remember him very often.Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!Moscow, 25.12.75.”
