Awards

• Winner of Historical Book of the Year—United States Chess Federation (United States).

Overview

This large and magnificent work of art is both an interpretive history of Soviet chess from the Bolshevik Revolution to the collapse of the U.S.S.R. in 1991 and a record of the most interesting games played. 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 Soviet match. Included are 249 games, each with a diagram; most are annotated and many have never before been published outside the Soviet Union. The text is augmented by photographs and includes 63 tournament and match scoretables. Also included are a bibliography, an appendix of records achieved in Soviet national championships, two indexes of openings, and an index of players and opponents.

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"Andrew Soltis' book portrays a fascinating and unique chapter of chess history. Nowhere else and never before has chess played such an important role."" -- André Schulz, ChessBase.com"

Andrew Soltis' book portrays a fascinating and unique chapter of chess history. Nowhere else and never before has chess played such an important role. -- Andre Schulz, ChessBase.com

Author Information

Grandmaster Andrew Soltis, nine times champion of the Marshall Chess Club, New York Post editor and Chess Life columnist, is the author of dozens of chess books. He lives in New York City.

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