Detailed tournament results, large number of crosstables, chess players, history of chess in various parts of the USSR in 1950. Information about the USSR championships (including semi-finals), women, juniors, team events, championships and chess in individual Soviet republics, etc. There are annotated games in the book, but there are not many of them. Instead, the author emphasizes bringing as much information as possible. Much of this has not yet been published in a book form. Accompanied with many illustrations and photos from contemporary sources, these are sometimes of lower quality. Contains only practical chess; correspondence or composition chess is not here. The year 1949 on the cover of volume 2 is a printing mistake, it should be 1950. This is the author's third book on the history of chess in the USSR. The previous books deal with years 1945 and 1949. All these books are published in small circulation of only a few dozen copies. Format 29 x 21 cm. 3 pictures