First Grandmaster of the Soviet Union: A Chess Biography of Boris Verlinsky by Sergei Tkachenko

First Grandmaster of the Soviet Union: A Chess Biography of Boris Verlinsky

Sergei Tkachenko

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Born in Bakhmut, Ukraine, and brought up in Odessa, Boris Verlinsky (1888-1950) was the first holder of the grandmaster title in the Soviet Union, and he was consistently one of the top Soviet players in the 1920s.He earned the master's title at t...

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