"The Soviet School of Chess" is one of the most important books ever written on chess.
The Soviet Chess School
The text traces the phenomenal growth of chess from the Revolutionary days to the devastations of World War II, and then from the Golden Age of Soviet-dominated chess in the 1950s to the challenge of Bobby Fischer and the quest to find his ...
This book discusses the first Russian grandmasters and prominent masters, such luminaries as Mikhail Chigorin, Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Tal, Alexander...
Comparing these books to each other is like comparing apples to oranges. They are completely different, so it cannot be said that one is better than the other.
In this three-volume treatise, a leading Russian chess historian brings to life the long-forgotten history of the Soviet championships held in 1920-1953.
In this book, R. G. Wade, the Chief National Coach of British Chess Federation, with more than one hundred international chess events behind him, examines Soviet Chess.
Tactics, audacity, and speed are the hallmarks of miniature chess ? games played in 25 moves or less. Learn from 100 games played by Soviet chess masters. 99 chess diagrams.
In this three-volume treatise, a leading Russian chess historian brings to life the long-forgotten history of the Soviet championships held in 1920-1953.
Key Elements of Chess Strategy is one of the most legendary manuals in the Soviet chess school, and no doubt one of the books that motivated the young Bobby Fischer to learn Russian.