First Grandmaster of the Soviet Union Sale To commemorative the Legendary Piatigorsky

To commemorative the Legendary Piatigorsky Cup Chess tournaments of 1963 and 1966

Since it is the same emotionless computer that is now in charge of the purely chess component

Choose from CLEAR or WHITE plastic pieces

Nbd7 Complex - QO 16

If there is one phase of the game which separates the professional from the amateur

First Grandmaster of the Soviet Union Sale To commemorative the Legendary PiatigorskyBorn in Bakhmut, Ukraine, and brought up in Odessa, Boris Verlinsky (1888 1950) was the first holder of the grandmaster title in the Soviet Union, and he was consistently one of the top Soviet players in the 1920s. He earned the masters title at the 1924 Soviet Championship and won fourth prize at the 1925 Championship, defeating the tournament winner Bogoljubov along the way. Verlinsky then crushed Capablanca at the 1925 Moscow International