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1998, 224 Seiten, gebunden, englisch Starting in 1920, and running through to the early 1990s, when the political break-up of the USSR meant the end of the competition, the prestigious Soviet Championships were truly representative events with all of the top Soviet players participating.
Because of the enormous State support for the game in the old USSR, these Championships were usually gladiatorial, all-play-all contests lasting weeks, and the grandmaster represented the elite of World Chess. This book is a permanent record of those extraordinary times. It encompasses every single Championship, giving a report and the full crosstable of results, as well as a carefully chosen selection of the finest and most memorable games.
The annotations bring these extraordinary and instructive struggles to life; many important chess ideas and concepts were first discovered in these games.
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