2003, 208 Seiten, kartoniert, englisch
The Reliable Past is the eagerly awaited sequel to Russian Silhouettes, Genna Sosonko's marvellous collection of portraits from the golden age of Soviet chess. Combining an insider's nostalgia with the detachment of a critical observer, Sosonko, who left Leningrad to settle in Holland in 1972, described champions and other key figures of Soviet chess from a privileged dual perspective. In this book, the author again shows himself a unique chronicler of a time when chess occupied a unique position in his native country; but he also wanders across its borders with his memories of Dutch World Champion Max Euwe and a touching tribute to the first ever British grandmaster, Tony Miles. From the preface by Garry Kasparov: "The Reliable Past presents the reader with a gallery of wonderful pen-portraits that radiate the author's love and devotion to chess, yet are tempered by a due measure of objectivity and detachment."
