PREFACE/7
HOW I WROTE THIS BOOK/
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS/10
REMERCIEMENTS/11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS/12
1954 – 1959. THE LITTLE-KNOWN PREAMBLE OF THE FIRST GAMES/13
1960. THE FULMINATING START OF A CAREER/16
1961. THE ASPERITIES OF THE JUNIORITY/26
1962. THE OLYMPIC DEBUT AND THE SECOND NATIONAL TITLE/37
1963. THE CONSECRATION/49
1964. THE IRREVERSIBLE ENTRY INTO THE CIRCUIT/55
1965. HISTORICAL FIRST /73
1966. STABILIZATION IN THE GOOD WORLD OF CHESS/87
1967. UNEXPECTED MISSION OF A QUALIFICATION/102
1968. START IN THE DUTCH AND SPANISH TOURNAMENTS/117
1969. ACCUMULATION OF WEAR AND DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE ZONAL/134
1970. FACE TO FACE WITH FRIEND FISCHER!/150
1971. FROM ONE CONTINENT TO ANOTHER /165
1972. BREAKING THROUGH THE HARD WALL OF THE ZONAL/181
1973. THE MILESTONE OF THE INTERZONAL/197
1974. COMPLETE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF THE CAREER/215
1975. TARGET REACHED WITHOUT HESITATION/228
1976. "THE BEST CHESS OF THE LAST 10 YEARS"/243
1977. ASCENDING RESULTS/257
1978. DESTROYED ACROSS THE AMERICAS/273
1979. ALL THE FIRES LIGHTED/285
1980. FROM MORPHY TO STAUNTON AND BACK/307
1981. THREE CONSECUTIVE SUPER TOURNAMENTS – AND PALO ALTO/327
1982. THE YEAR OF 157 GAMES/338
1983. RETURNING THE GOOD DAYS/360
1984. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ALEKIN AND TAL/373