The Soviet School of Chess

by M Yudovich, A Kotov

Overview

This book discusses the first Russian grandmasters and prominent masters, such luminaries as Mikhail Chigorin, Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov, Boris Spassky, Mikhail Tal, Alexander Tolush and many others. Also included is a section dedicated to the women players. There are numerous, chessboard diagrams, and page upon page of annotated games and game fragments in the book.

Chess is a national game in Russia. It is played by millions of men, women, and children. Large-scale tournaments are held regularly in factories, offices, and schools.

The Russian style of play is characterized by creative scope, boldness and energy in attack, plus tenacity and resourcefulness in defense. It is founded on scientific methods of studying theory and training for competitions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780898754155
Publisher:	University Press of the Pacific
Publication date:	07/01/2001
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 8.04(h) x 0.97(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
Part 1
Chapter 1	Early History	9
Chapter 2	Founder of the Russian School	16
	Mikhail Chigorin's Contribution to Opening Theory	22
	Open Games	24
	Semi-Open and Close Openings	29
Chapter 3	Russia's Greatest Player	36
	Alekhine and the Theory of Openings	44
	Open Games	44
	Semi-Open Games	47
	Close Openings	49
Chapter 4	Development of the Soviet School	53
	Illustrious Names	58
Chapter 5	Main Features of the Soviet School	79
	A The Opening	81
	Open Games	89
	Semi-Open Games	94
	Close Games	98
	B The Middle Game	101
	C The End-Game	108
Chapter 6	Chess Literature	112
Part 2
Chapter 1	Grandmasters	122
	Mikhail Botvinnik	122
	Vasily Smyslov	139
	Yury Averbakh	155
	Isaac Boleslavsky	160
	Igor Bondarevsky	168
	David Bronstein	177
	Salo Flohr	188
	Yefim Geller	194
	Paul Keres	201
	Victor Korchnoi	208
	Alexander Kotov	211
	Grigori Levenfish	220
	Andrea Lihenthal	229
	Tigran Petrosyan	235
	Vyacheslav Ragozin	243
	Boris Spassky	251
	Mark Taimanov	255
	Mikhail Tal	262
	Alexander Tolush	266
Chapter 2	Prominent Masters	272
	Vladimir Alatortsev	272
	Lev Aronin	274
	Vitaly Chekhover	277
	Pyotr Dubinin	281
	Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky	284
	Semyon Furman	291
	Victor Goglidze	294
	Georgi Ilivitsky	296
	Ilya Kan	299
	Genrikh Kasparyan	302
	Ratmir Kholmov	306
	Alexander Konstantinopolsky	309
	Isaac Lipnitsky	312
	Georgi Lisitsyn	315
	Vladimir Makogonov	317
	Vladas Mikenas	320
	Rashid Nezhmetdinov	323
	Nikolai Novotelnov	326
	Vasily Panov	329
	Pyotr Romanovsky	332
	Vladimir Simagin	340
	Alexei Sokolsky	343
	Gavriil Veresov	347
	Mikhail Yudovich	349
Chapter 3	Women Players	352
	Elizaveta Bykova	354
	Olga Rubtsova	360
	Ludmila Rudenko	363
	Valentina Borisenko	367
	Olga Ignatieva	370
	Nina Voitsik	373
	Larisa Volpert	375
	Kira Zvorykina	377
	Appendix	380
	Soviet Grandmasters	380
	Soviet Masters	380
	Masters of Chess Composition	381
	Name Index	383
	Game Index	388