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product_id: 183525276
title: "Soviet Chess 1917-1991"
brand: "andrew soltis"
price: "14856 som"
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reviews_count: 9
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# Soviet Chess 1917-1991

**Brand:** andrew soltis
**Price:** 14856 som
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Soviet Chess 1917-1991

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A Good Introduction to a Monumental Subject
  

*by B***L on Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2018*

Thank you, Grandmaster Soltis, for this history of Soviet chess. Their contribution to the game was enormous. it is a shame that only a brief 478 page treatment could be given. This is just the tip of the iceberg, but a good introduction to the 20th century colossus.We hear of the Soviet School, but the masters of the USSR were too varied stylistically and in terms of their personality to create a monolith. As Boris Spassky noted. "The Soviet school of chess means playing every game as if it is the last game of your life." That was not true when playing outsiders. The authorities would often dictate prearranged draws and even thrown games. But when playing each other in Soviet events, it was for blood. Many of the principals truly hated each other. Modern theory is their legacy.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    My "perfect" (almost) chess book
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2015*

I'm more of a chess/game historian than player.  I play so poorly that the pieces spontaneously disintegrate rather than let me move them.  But I'm fascinated by how games inhabit society and politics, and on that end this is a vital book, although I'd have liked more about--to use a good Marxist phrase--how the "base" approached chess, rather than the "superstructure" (the grandmasters and apparatchiks).  This aspect I'd like to see more of is most apparent in the early chapters, about how chess became a craze.That said, I love it; I'm not sure how much better your game will be by reading this, but if you as a chess player are curious about the world of chess, not just the moves of chess, do read this.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    ... reference to chess events in a country with a great chess tradition
  

*by L***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2018*

An important reference to chess events in a country with a great chess tradition.

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