Russian Silhouettes: New Enlarged Edition

Russian Silhouettes: New Enlarged Edition

The dissolution of the Soviet Union marked the end of a unique chapter in the history of chess. With hindsight we can only marvel at the pivotal place the royal game occupied in the biggest country in the world.
Originally embraced by Lenin as gymnastics of the mind, chess developed into an ideological weapon during the Cold War. Supported by the Soviet leadership, chess champions, from Mikhail Botvinnik on, grew into symbols of socialist excellence.
As a respected trainer who became a world-class grandmaster after leaving Leningrad and moving to Holland in 1972, Genna Sosonko observes Soviet chess from a privileged dual perspective. 
Combining an insiders nostalgia with the detachment of a critical observer, he has produced unforgettable portraits of the heroes of a vanished age. 
This is a new, enlarged edition of a modern classic.
Contents:
A Vanished Age 7

My Misha - Mikhail Tal 20
A Journey to Immortality - Mikhail Botvinnik 31
"I Must Work, I Most Work" - Lev Polugaevsky 57
The Chess King of Odessa - Efim Geller 70
In a Silent Way - Paul Keres 84  (NEW!) 
I Knew Capablanca... 98
A Great Teacher Inspires - Vladimir Zak 121
"You Ask the Questions" - Seymon Furman 136
The Maestro - Alexander Koblenz 151
The Jump - Alvis Vitolins 174
The Summing Up - Grigory Levenfish 190
Shortlisted for the BCF Book-of-the-Year Award
Dominic Lawson, The Browser:
"Sosonko writes beautifully, better than any person who has written about the chess of the modern era."
Ian Rogers, The Sun Herald: 
Every word in Russian Silhouettes rings true.
Hans Ree, ChessCafe: 
The book is marvelously written (…) It is full of striking anecdotes, but they are never there for their own sake; they always serve to enrich the portrait that Sosonko paints.
Chess Horizons Magazine:
Sosonko can be rosily nostalgic, yet he can also be bluntly honest about his subjects,
their shortcomings and the era in which they lived.
British Chess Magazine: 
An enthralling read.
CHESS Magazine: 
Each character sketch is lovingly crafted (…) Its an object lesson in cultural history and at the same time a deeply human document.

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