The KGB Plays Chess: The Soviet Secret Police and the Fight for the World Chess Crown

by Yuri Felshtinsky, Boris Gulko, Vladimir Popov, et al.

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The KGB Plays Chess is a unique book. For the first time it opens to us some of the most secret pages of the history of chess. The battles about which you will read in this book are not between chess masters sitting at the chess board, but between the powerful Soviet secret police, known as the KGB, on the one hand, and several brave individuals, on the other. Their names are famous in the chess world: Viktor Kortschnoi, Boris Spasski, Boris Gulko...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1888690755

ISBN13:9781888690750

Release Date:November 2010

Publisher:Russell Enterprises

Length:192 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Chess Games History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Puzzles & Games Russia

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