Bücher von Boris Gulko

Sovetskaja sistema ne byla by stol' bessmyslennoj, kakoj ona byla na samom dele, esli by ne obespechila takoj «pribyl'nyj»dlja sebja vid sporta i otdyha, kak shahmaty, ne tol'ko Shahmatnoj federaciej, ne tol'ko otdelom v Sportkomitete SSSR, no i plotnoj opekoj so storony «vooruzhennogo otrjada kommunisticheskoj partii» - KGB.Vvidu sekretnogo haraktera raboty KGB ego rabota v otnoshenii vedushhih sovetskih shahmatistov opisana malo i, glavnoe, odnoboko, v osnovnom, shahmatistami, imevshimi neudovol'stvie v svoej professional'noj zhizni stalkivat'sja s «zabotoj» KGB. Teper' u nas pojavilas' unikal'naja vozmozhnost' poznakomit'sja s rabotoj KGB "na shahmatnom fronte" iznutri jetoj organizacii.Kniga s krasnorechivym zaglaviem «KGB igraet v shahmaty» napisana neskol'kimi avtorami: V. K. Popovym - byvshim sotrudnikom KGB SSSR; Ju. G. Fel'shtinskim - doktorom istoricheskih nauk avtorom publicisticheskih izdanij; B. F. Gul'ko - mezhdunarodnym grossmejsterom, professional'nym shahmatistom, chempionom SSSR 1977 goda; V. L. Korchnym - chetyrehkratnym chempionom Sovetskogo Sojuza po shahmatam, dvukratnym pobeditelem mezhzonal'nyh turnirov, pjatikratnym chempionom Evropy.

This follow-up to the highly acclaimed Lessons with a Grandmaster focuses on dynamic chess, developing chess imagination, and perhaps above all, the ability to visualize the chess board and calculate combinations in sharp positions.

Lessons with a Grandmaster bridges the gap between grandmaster and amateur through a series of chess lessons between teacher, the renowned Grandmaster Boris Gulko, and student Dr. Joel R. Sneed, a professor of psychology and amateur chess player.