Soviet chess championship, 1941;: Complete text of games with detailed notes & an introduction Tapa blanda - 1973

vi+186+[15 ad] pages with diagrams, tables and index. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers. Translated by Stephen Garry. First published in 1950. USSR Absolute Championship (1941) took place in the cities of Leningrad and Moscow, the winner of this Match - Tournament was going to be the challenger for Alexander Alekhine's world title. The USSR Absolute Championship of 1941 was brought about by the results of the 12th USSR Championship (1940) . Following the Russo-German Non Aggression Pact of August 1939, the Soviet Union annexed the Baltic States of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia as well as the eastern parts of Poland. This meant that players like Keres, Petrov and Mikenas were eligible to play in the 12th Soviet Championship. As Andre Lilienthal had been granted Soviet citizenship, he was eligible to compete as well. The hall in which the 12th Championship was held had excellent acoustics so the players suffered with noise from the audience. Botvinnik, who was… Leer más