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14 The Tower Attack

It might not seem like much work to find a handful of positions each month

well-explained chess games and puzzles” - Paul Motwani

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Averbakh: Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes - The Personal Memoir of a Soviet Chess Legend Taktik this flexibleThe 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,