Averbakh: Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes - The Personal Memoir of a Soviet Chess Legend Taktik With a foreword by Igor

With a foreword by Igor Zaitsev

a trainer and a long-time member of the board of the Soviet chess federation

Professional mental coach and chess player Werner Schweitzer has been working with chess teams and individual players for many years

he believes that the book is of very high quality

Averbakh: Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes - The Personal Memoir of a Soviet Chess Legend Taktik With a foreword by IgorThe 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,