Petr (Pyotr) Izmailov, 1906-1937, around 1930 one of the best Soviet players. In 1928 he became the Russian champion. In 1929 he qualified to the USSR championship, but did not participate - according to Averbakh, he was one of the four best Soviet players at the time. Against Botvinnik he had a score of 2:0. Izmailov fell victim to Stalin's purges - he was arrested in 1936 and executed in 1937. His name was then almost erased from the Soviet chess press for more than 50 years. Peter Izmailov's biography was written by his son Nikolai, who practically did not know his father (he was less than two years old at the time of his arrest) and spent years searching the archives to write his father's life story. The book contains all 25 available games and game fragments of Petr Izmalov with detailed comments by GM Mikhail Marin. Career record, tournament crosstables, index of games, several other appendices. 3 pictures. Further information about the book is available at elkandruby.com