Soviet Middlegame Technique: Romanovsky's Classic

MANY OF THE CLASSICS OF SOVIET CHESS LITERATURE HAVE STRUGGLED TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY, BUT NONE MORE SO THAN SOVIET MIDDLEGAME TECHNIQUE BY PETER ROMANOVSKY.

The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet Champion. Romanovsky later decided to update and improve his work.

As he finished his work in 1942, World War II was underway and Romanovsky was trapped in the notorious siege of Leningrad. The author barely survived and his man...