“The Soviet Chess School” ISBN 4871874613 is a completely different book from “The Soviet School of Chess” ISBN 4871878198 . “The Soviet Chess School” is not an upgrade, revision or sequel to “The Soviet School of Chess”. It is an entirely different work, even though it is by the same two authors and the title is almost exactly the same. “The Soviet Chess School” has biographies and lots of games and pictures of players such as Kasparov, Karpov and Spassky whereas these players are not mentioned in the 32-years earlier work “The Soviet School of Chess”. Comparing these books to each other is like comparing apples to oranges. They are completely different, so it cannot be said that one is better than the other. “The Soviet School of Chess” was first published in 1951 in Russian and then translated and published in English in 1958. “The Soviet Chess School” was first published in 1983 in Moscow USSR. It does not appear ever to have been published in Russian. “The Soviet Chess School” covers a broader time period, starting with the invention of chess, 1500 years ago. It states that chess came to Russia in the 11th or 12th centuries and not from Europe but directly from Persia or Arabia. This is demonstrated by the different names for the chess pieces, such as “Ladia” meaning boat in contrast to the European word “rook” for the same piece and “Ferz” or vizier for the piece that is called “Queen” in most European languages. “The Soviet Chess School” states that the Tzars of Russia, Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584), Peter the Great (1672-1725) and Paul I (1754-1801) were all chess players. It recounts incidents of them playing chess, including a visit in 1781 by Paul I to Paris where he visited a chess club.

The Soviet Chess School

Humor & Entertainment

Kotov, Alexander

Yudovich, Mikhail

Puzzles & Games

Ishi Press

<p>“The Soviet School of Chess” is one of the most important books ever written on chess. It starts with the pre-Soviet Era with the beginning of the 19th century and recounts not only the histories of their greatest players up to modern times but also the history of their ideas. A biography is provided for each of the greatest players plus examples from their games and their contributions to chess knowledge and chess opening theory. This revised version has added in Algebraic Notation the complete scores of all 200 games referenced in the book plus the concluding diagram, in the appendix in the back. Here is the name of the player of white and black, the year the game was played, the opening and opening code, the number of moves, the result and the page in the book where the game is referenced. The games are in the order in which they are referenced in the book.</p>

The Soviet School of Chess

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The Soviet Chess School

The Soviet School of Chess