Boris Verlinsky (1888 Bakhmut, Ukraine - 1950 Odessa), was one of the best Soviet players in the 1920s. The book contains a comprehensive biography and analyzes 130 games and fragments from 1906 through 1949, in which opponents include Capablanca, Alekhine, Botvinnik, Bohatirchuk, Bogoljubov, Spielmann, etc. The games are frequently annotated by Verlinsky or his contemporaries, and they have all been reviewed using modern engines. Verlinsky was a player of sharp attacking style that is sometimes compared to players like Tal, Stein, Kupreichik or Shirov. He won the USSR Championship in 1929. He also won a number of other tournaments, including the Ukrainian Championship, Moscow Championship etc. Verlinsky crushed Capablanca at the 1925 Moscow International Tournament, where he finished twelfth equal with Rubinstein and Spielmann, both of whom he also beat. Index of games, tournament crosstables. 3 pictures. Further information about the book is available at elkandruby.com