Averbakh: Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes - The Personal Memoir of a Soviet Chess Legend Taktik the editor-in-chief at the chess

the editor-in-chief at the chess publisher Kania

the book he co-authored in 2016

liegt eine Fülle an Theorie vor

well-explained chess games and puzzles” - Paul Motwani

The overall aim in each opening is to reach an interesting position (ideally with some advantage

Averbakh: Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes - The Personal Memoir of a Soviet Chess Legend Taktik the editor-in-chief at the chessThe autobiography of an insider when chess was a vital factor in the USSR One of the most fascinating episodes in chess history is the rise and domination of Soviet chess. It would be hard to find a better qualified authority on this period than Yuri Averbakh, who was part of the successes in the international arena and witnessed the struggles for power behind the scenes. Averbakh won the USSR championship in 1954 ahead of aces like Kortchnoi,