The Soviet School of Chess
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 Tolush and many others. Also included is a section dedicated to the women players. There are numerous, chessboard diagrams, and page upon page of annotated games and game fragments in the book.\ Chess is a national game in Russia. It is played by millions of men,...
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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 Tolush and many others. Also included is a section dedicated to the women players. There are numerous, chessboard diagrams, and page upon page of annotated games and game fragments in the book. Chess is a national game in Russia. It is played by millions of men, women, and children. Large-scale tournaments are held regularly in factories, offices, and schools. The Russian style of play is characterized by creative scope, boldness and energy in attack, plus tenacity and resourcefulness in defense. It is founded on scientific methods of studying theory and training for competitions.
Introduction7Part 1Chapter 1Early History9Chapter 2Founder of the Russian School16Mikhail Chigorin's Contribution to Opening Theory22Open Games24Semi-Open and Close Openings29Chapter 3Russia's Greatest Player36Alekhine and the Theory of Openings44Open Games44Semi-Open Games47Close Openings49Chapter 4Development of the Soviet School53Illustrious Names58Chapter 5Main Features of the Soviet School79A The Opening81Open Games89Semi-Open Games94Close Games98B The Middle Game101C The End-Game108Chapter 6Chess Literature112Part 2Chapter 1Grandmasters122Mikhail Botvinnik122Vasily Smyslov139Yury Averbakh155Isaac Boleslavsky160Igor Bondarevsky168David Bronstein177Salo Flohr188Yefim Geller194Paul Keres201Victor Korchnoi208Alexander Kotov211Grigori Levenfish220Andrea Lihenthal229Tigran Petrosyan235Vyacheslav Ragozin243Boris Spassky251Mark Taimanov255Mikhail Tal262Alexander Tolush266Chapter 2Prominent Masters272Vladimir Alatortsev272Lev Aronin274Vitaly Chekhover277Pyotr Dubinin281Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky284Semyon Furman291Victor Goglidze294Georgi Ilivitsky296Ilya Kan299Genrikh Kasparyan302Ratmir Kholmov306Alexander Konstantinopolsky309Isaac Lipnitsky312Georgi Lisitsyn315Vladimir Makogonov317Vladas Mikenas320Rashid Nezhmetdinov323Nikolai Novotelnov326Vasily Panov329Pyotr Romanovsky332Vladimir Simagin340Alexei Sokolsky343Gavriil Veresov347Mikhail Yudovich349Chapter 3Women Players352Elizaveta Bykova354Olga Rubtsova360Ludmila Rudenko363Valentina Borisenko367Olga Ignatieva370Nina Voitsik373Larisa Volpert375Kira Zvorykina377Appendix380Soviet Grandmasters380Soviet Masters380Masters of Chess Composition381Name Index383Game Index388
