Soviet Chess Primer - 2nd Edition: The Definitive Introduction to the Game of Chess

IT HAS INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF RUSSIANS TO TAKE UP THE GAME, INCLUDING ARGUABLY THE TWO GREATEST PLAYERS OF ALL TIME, THE 12TH AND 13TH WORLD CHAMPIONS.

Ilya Maizelis’s masterpiece is the definitive introduction to the game of chess.
It has inspired generations of Russians to take up the game, including arguably the two greatest players of all time, the 12th and 13th World Champions.
In the original Russian, this landmark work is simply called “Chess” – no other explanation was considered ne...