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Alekhine's Odessa Secrets: Chess, War and Revolution

By Sergei Tkachenko, Boris Gelfand (Foreword by), Sergei Voronkov (Contribution by)
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By Sergei Tkachenko, Boris Gelfand (Foreword by), Sergei Voronkov (Contribution by)
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*** SHORT-LISTED FOR THE ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 ***

Sergei Tkachenko has written a fascinating account of Alexander Alekhine's time spent in Odessa during World War I, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, as well as of the impact of Odessa on his later life. Sergei, an Odessa native and ex-world chess composition champion, has carried out original research drawing from Odessa, Voronezh, Cheka and KGB archives among others, as well as local newspapers from the ...

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