Kudryavtsev: Grandmaster of Avant-Garde: The Chess Art of Galina Satonina Spielmaterial English IM Michael Basman and

English IM Michael Basman and Croatian IM Srdjan Sale were the pioneers of this cunning opening system

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This will help you be extra tactically alert when you are playing your games with this opening

a wealth of hilarious but also touching stories and a vivid impression of the Dutch chess scene in the late 20th and early 21st century

Kudryavtsev: Grandmaster of Avant-Garde: The Chess Art of Galina Satonina Spielmaterial English IM Michael Basman andGalina Satonina (19052000) was the leading chess painter of the Soviet era. A multiple time Kazan and Tatarstan ladies chess champion, she saw life as a game of chess, and her paintings speak the language of Caissa. She painted world champions and other famous players, ranging from early stars Philidor, Morphy and Anderssen, all the way through to Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov. Several of her paintings depict the chess pieces themselves and emotions