Levenfish: Soviet Outcast (hardcover) Vereinsbedarf James Vigus

James Vigus

As GM Michael Adams said: “The high-quality Grandmaster Repertoire series has taken this format to a completely different level

The book distills years of coaching experience into clear principles for stronger play

With numerous illustrations and diagrams

where "chess pensioner" Garry Kasparov took part in a blitz match with the young super grandmaster generation and showed that he can still do it

Levenfish: Soviet Outcast (hardcover) Vereinsbedarf James VigusThe Life and Games of Grigory Levenfish Grigory Levenfish was twice Soviet Champion and drew a match with the great Botvinnik, yet despite his skills, he was never a favored son of the Soviet Union. Rejected for selection to key events and the only Soviet grandmaster to be denied a stipend in later life, Levenfish was a Soviet Outcast . Levenfish describes in vivid detail the atmosphere of pre and post revolutionary Russia, giving first hand