Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships: Volume I 1920-1937 Voronkov Sergey
*********Short-listed for FIDE Book of the Year Award 2021!!*********In his three-volume treatise, leading Russian chess historian Sergey Voronkov vividly brings to life the long-forgotten history of…
Specifikacia Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships: Volume I 1920-1937 Voronkov Sergey
*********Short-listed for FIDE Book of the Year Award 2021!!*********In his three-volume treatise, leading Russian chess historian Sergey Voronkov vividly brings to life the long-forgotten history of the Soviet championships held in 1920-1953. Volume I covers the first 10 championships from 1920-1937, as well as the title match between Botvinnik and Levenfish. The key contestants also include world champion Alekhine and challenger Bogoljubov, lesser-known Soviet champions Romanovsky, Bogatyrchuk, Verlinsky, and Rabinovich, and names that today will be unfamiliar yet were big stars at the time: Riumin, Alatortsev, Makogonov, Rauzer, Ragozin, Chekhover, and many others.This book can be read on many levels: a carefully selected collection of 107 of the best games, commented on mostly by the players themselves, supported by computer analysis. A detailed and subtly argued
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