The book tells about the life and work of the oldest Soviet chess player, two-time champion of the country, one of the organizers of the Soviet chess movement, a major teacher P. A. Romanovsky. & nbsp;

The book gives the best examples of the work of A. Suetin. Some parties are grouped according to the thematic principle, which allows you to use this section as a kind of textbook. V.Smyslov, L. Polugaevsky and M. Yudovich share their impressions of the work and personality of A. Suetin.

This book is dedicated to the work of one of the strongest chess players in the world from 1930-1940. Ex-world champions M. Botvinnik and V. Smyslov, outstanding grandmasters D. Bronstein and S. Flor share their memories of him and his work. The essay on Lilienthal is written by the writer V. Vasiliev. A. Lilienthal selected and commented on his best games for this book.

The 74 best games of Grandmaster Ragozin with his own notes. Summary of tournament and match results.

More than 100 commented parties, arranged by topic.

The book presents 40 episodes from the parties of the first Soviet world champion. They are selected by the author either because of the exclusivity of the chess content, or because of their special place in the sports biography. The amazing depth of thought of the Patriarch of Soviet chess! In a paperback.

The 2nd supplemented publication about the founder of chess in Russia. `Petrov Alexander Dmitrievich (1.2.1794, p. Biserovo, Pskov province., - 10.4.1867, Warsaw), the first Russian chess master, chess. theorist and composer, founder of the first chess club in Russia (St. Petersburg Society of Chess Game Lovers). The writer. State Councillor. In 1804-1840 he lived in St. Petersburg, from 1840 - in Warsaw. He played chess from the age of 7. In 1809 he won the match against one of the best Petersburgers. chess players A. Kopiev. For half a century he was the strongest chess player in Russia. He won the matches of K. Janis in the 1840s. (with handicap), S. Urusova - 3: 1 (1853) and 13: 7 (1859), I. Shumova - 4: 2 (1862). Bright master of combinational style.`

Moscow, 1952 State publishing house "Physical education and sport". Publishing binding. Good safety. With black and white illustrations. The purpose of this book, published in connection with the centenary of the birth of the great Russian chess player Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin, is to show the image of the founder of the Russian school in chess art, that school that was creatively deepened and perfected by Soviet masters, firmly taking first place in the world. The chess art of M.I. Chigorin is presented on the example of 120 of his selected games.

This book contains the best games of 42 outstanding chess players of the world. Each game is accompanied by a brief biographical sketch of the grandmaster and his portrait. The publication is designed for a wide range of readers.

Biography and selected parties of the 13th world champion in French. Not published in Russian! Publishing house in Moscow, 73 parties, biography, photo.

The best games of Vladimir Simagin, placed in this collection, will undoubtedly serve as a good educational material for numerous readers and will give great pleasure to lovers of chess art.

An excellent teaching aid can serve as the author’s selected games. They are arranged on a thematic basis, and detailed notes to them, as rightly pointed out by P. A. Romanovsky, reveal the “internal meaning of the processes of struggle”. The book includes the author’s games with Alekhine, Botvinnik, Kotov, Levenfish, Bondarevsky, Averbakh and many other major masters. The class of the game in these games is not always the same, but at an invariably high level are deep and informative notes. The autobiography of P. A. Romanovsky is instructive and interesting. It contains curious sketches of pre-revolutionary chess life, a description of the first steps in the development of Soviet chess culture. The author recalls some statements by Alekhine, episodes of various competitions. The main thing, of course, in the autobiography is the story about the formation of the chess view of the Russian master, his creative position now, after almost half a century of service to chess art. There is no doubt that readers with interest and benefit for themselves will become acquainted with the work of the oldest master.