(Saveliy Tartakower: Chess Games, Endgames, Texts). Savielly Tartakower, 1887-1956, professional chess player, journalist, one of world top players for decades, noted chess author, one of the founders of hypermodernism in chess, author of many aphorisms, lived mainly in Poland, Austria and France. Tartakower himself is actually author of this book, because all materials except initial texts are his own - they are translated from German, English or French. The book contains 107 in detail annotated games by himself, 11 selected articles, annotated endgames, selection of aphorisms, career record, indexes of players and openings. All analyzes were computer-tested by master G. Bogdanovich. This the first biographical work on Tartakower in Russian.
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