One discrepancy,
possibly too strong a word, between Averbakh's account and Mikhail
Tal's recollection can be found on page 112 of the English edition.
Averbakh relates how the grandmaster title was awarded to the then
USSR champion Mikhail Tal in exchange for also awarding it to the
then US champion Arthur Bisguier.
On page 63 of The
Life and Games of Mikhail Tal (first
English edition, RHM Press, US; Pitman, UK. ISBNs:
0 89058 0278, RHM; 273 014 90 3 Pitman), Mikhail Nekhemievich
wrote:
During the
championship of Europe a FIDE Congress was held, and our Federation
proposed me for the title of International Grandmaster … I was
'exchanged' for L. Evans and A. Bisguier.
I've
checked the Russian text of Averbakh's memoirs. There is no mention
of Evans. Many years ago I had a conversation with the late Bob Wade
about this deal. Unfortunately, he could not remember anything about
it.
Tal
was awarded the title in 1957; the same is true of the two Americans.
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