The book "The Ninth Vertical" with an autograph. Anatoly Karpov

The book "The Ninth Vertical" with an autograph.

Anatoly Karpov is a Soviet and Russian chess player and politician, the twelfth world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR.

The Stargift collection features the autobiography of world chess champion Anatoly Karpov with a foreword by grandmaster Mikhail Tal. In the book, Karpov talks about himself, about his friends and mentors, about becoming a champion and about the fights in which he participated, with a lot of interesting details.

Alexander Roshal, a close friend of the chess master, journalist and honored coach of the RSFSR, becomes a reliable guide through the whirlwind of life vicissitudes of the main character of the book. He talks about the champion, his victories, character, interests and hobbies. The book contains statements about Anatoly Karpov by many of the world's leading grandmasters and thirteen of the most memorable games, commented on by the champion himself.

In addition, the book contains 42 black-and-white photographs from the Karpov family archive.