The Russians Play Chess: Fifty-Six Master Games, Selected and Annotated

About this book

Chernev has put together a remarkable anthology of games--chosen form among thousands of top-flight matches involving russian masters. Fully annotated and diagrammed, they provide a unique, analytical view of the emergence of Soviet dominance, while illustrating the winning styles of about 40 prominent players. there are over 50 modern, instructive games by such greats as Botvinnik, Keres, Boleslavsky, Kotov, flohr, Ragozin, Tolush, and many others. Enlarged version of the work first published in 1947; 6 additional games. New preface for this edition by the author. Total of 637 diagrams.