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- Author: Genna Sosonko
- Publisher: Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House
- Year: 2017
- Pages: 272
- ISBN-10: 5950043316
- ISBN-13: 9785950043314
- Format: 12.9 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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First published in Russian in 2014 and written by Genna Sosonko - widely recognized as the number one writer on the history of Soviet chess - this is a truly unique book about the life and destiny of the great chess player David Bronstein (1924-2006).
Emerging from a challenging background - he narrowly escaped the holocaust in WWII, during which he starved, and his father spent seven years in a gulag - Bronstein faced Botvinnik in the world championship match in 1951 and nearly defeated him. But this 'nearly' inflicted a wound on David so deep that it would not heal for the rest of his life.
Sosonko knew Bronstein well. Their conversations - many of which have made it into this book - not only portray the thoughts and character of one of history's most original grandmasters but also take us back to a time unlike any other in world history. This is not a biography in the traditional sense of the word. Rather, Sosonko's fascinating book asks eternal questions which don't have neat and simple answers.
With a foreword to the English edition by Garry Kasparov.
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- Author: Genna Sosonko
- Publisher: Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House
- Year: 2017
- Pages: 272
- ISBN-10: 5950043316
- ISBN-13: 9785950043314
- Format: 12.9 x 19.8 x 1.5 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
First published in Russian in 2014 and written by Genna Sosonko - widely recognized as the number one writer on the history of Soviet chess - this is a truly unique book about the life and destiny of the great chess player David Bronstein (1924-2006).
Emerging from a challenging background - he narrowly escaped the holocaust in WWII, during which he starved, and his father spent seven years in a gulag - Bronstein faced Botvinnik in the world championship match in 1951 and nearly defeated him. But this 'nearly' inflicted a wound on David so deep that it would not heal for the rest of his life.
Sosonko knew Bronstein well. Their conversations - many of which have made it into this book - not only portray the thoughts and character of one of history's most original grandmasters but also take us back to a time unlike any other in world history. This is not a biography in the traditional sense of the word. Rather, Sosonko's fascinating book asks eternal questions which don't have neat and simple answers.
With a foreword to the English edition by Garry Kasparov.
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