The Essential Sosonko: Collected Portraits and Tales of a Bygone Chess Era

by Genna Sosonko

Genna Sosonko is widely acclaimed as the most prominent chronicler of a unique era in chess history. In the Soviet Union chess was developed into an ideological weapon that was actively promoted by the country's leadership during the Cold War. Starting with Mikhail Botvinnik, their best chess players grew into symbols of socialist excellence. Sosonko writes from a privileged dual perspective, combining an insider's nostalgia with the detachment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9083311287
• ISBN13: 9789083311289
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: New in Chess
• Length: 840 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.5" x 7.0" x 9.5"