What is your favorite chess match book?

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In other words what is your favorite book that covers a specific multiple game match between two players, often but not always for the world championship. Personally I prefer those written with comments by the players in the match. For example: A classic like Steinitz - Lasker 1894 by Lasker, Steinitz, and others, or Tal - Botvinnik 1960 by Mikhail Tal.

What are your favorites? I asked a similar question about tournament books a couple of week ago and got some excellent answers from Alec and Callum that pointed me toward some books I did not know about. I have high hopes for some interesting answers to this one also.

alec39 · Accepted Answer

Recommended:

Karpov Kortchnoi 1978 by Raymond Keene:

http://www.amazon.com/Karpov-Korchnoi-1978-Raymond-Keene/dp/1843821311/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333651021&sr=1-2-fkmr0

Fischer vs Spassky 1972 by Svetozar Gligoric:

http://www.amazon.com/Fischer-Spassky-Chess-Match-Century/dp/B00449WIC6

De la Bourdonnais versus McDonnell, 1834: The Eighty-five Games of Their Six Chess Matches, with Excerpts from Additional Games Against Other Opponents by Carry Utterberg

http://www.amazon.com/Bourdonnais-versus-McDonnell-1834-Eighty-five/dp/0786421142

EAH · Answer

Not between two players, but all top players for the time.

San Sebastian 1911
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1012241
My interest is in the game round 13. 
When Rubinstein played 15.Nxd5! against Capablanca 
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/lessons-rubinstein#RTFToC19
Which featured in a book with some interesting analysis. 
Photo
http://nimzowitsch.com/Tourn_and_Match/sanseb11.htm

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