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The Russians Play Chess by Irving Chernev
Compiled by rudysanford
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Dover Publications, 1964 edition

A good collection of attacking chess of Soviet masters. Most of these games were played in the 1930s and 1940s, many of them are short. The book is is in descriptive but there is a good amount of diagrams.

in progress, a few submitted games still need to be posted and I still have the last 3 to play over before I post them 09/04/06

P Romanovsky vs I Rabinovich, 1925 
(C16) French, Winawer, 26 moves, 1-0

Ragozin vs P Romanovsky, 1927 
(A04) Reti Opening, 24 moves, 0-1

A Ilyin-Zhenevsky vs P Romanovsky, 1929 
(B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 26 moves, 1-0

V Sozin vs V S Nekrasov, 1931 
(B29) Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein, 20 moves, 1-0

Ragozin vs P Romanovsky, 1932 
(D96) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 35 moves, 1-0

V Chekhover vs I Kan, 1933 
(E16) Queen's Indian, 45 moves, 1-0

S Belavenets vs Ragozin, 1934 
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 39 moves, 1-0

F Bohatirchuk vs L Savitsky, 1934 
(C78) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 0-1

V Chekhover vs Alatortsev, 1934 
(D80) Grunfeld, 34 moves, 1-0

V Chekhover vs I Mazel, 1934 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 26 moves, 1-0

Panov vs A Polyak, 1934 
(C13) French, 31 moves, 1-0

V Sereda vs Gambarashvilli, 1934 
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 0-1

C Baranov vs Y Rokhlin, 1935 
(C10) French, 40 moves, 1-0

Botvinnik vs V Chekhover, 1935 
(A13) English, 43 moves, 1-0

V Chekhover vs G Kasparian, 1936 
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 33 moves, 0-1

I Kan vs V Rauzer, 1936 
(D21) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 0-1

A Konstantinopolsky vs Panov, 1936 
(A53) Old Indian, 35 moves, 1-0

Kotov vs Bondarevsky, 1936 
(A90) Dutch, 27 moves, 0-1

A Konstantinopolsky vs Tolush, 1936 
(A47) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 1-0

Panov vs M Yudovich Sr, 1936 
(C48) Four Knights, 40 moves, 0-1

Tolush vs A Sokolsky, 1935 
(E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 36 moves, 0-1

A Kots vs P Lebedev, 1937 
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 34 moves, 1-0

V Rauzer vs A Ilyin-Zhenevsky, 1937 
(C41) Philidor Defense, 18 moves, 0-1

F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Kotov, 1938 
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

N Riumin vs Alatortsev, 1938 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 27 moves, 1-0

P Lebedev vs Gonak, 1938 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 22 moves, 1-0

I Kan vs V Makogonov, 1939 
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 32 moves, 0-1

Keres vs Smyslov, 1939 
(D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 1-0

G Safonov vs O Bogatyrev, 1940 
(D84) Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 0-1

Bondarevsky vs Lisitsin, 1940 
(E09) Catalan, Closed, 33 moves, 1-0

A Sokolsky vs G Bastrikov, 1942 
(B80) Sicilian, Scheveningen, 28 moves, 1-0

Flohr vs G Ravinsky, 1944 
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 34 moves, 1-0

Boleslavsky vs A Ufimtsev, 1944 
(C10) French, 26 moves, 0-1

A Sokolsky vs Tolush, 1944
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 24 moves, 1-0

Tolush vs Smyslov, 1944 
(A06) Reti Opening, 33 moves, 0-1

M Kamyshov vs Panov, 1945 
(C28) Vienna Game, 36 moves, 1-0

Koblents vs Lilienthal, 1945 
(C45) Scotch Game, 27 moves, 0-1

Kotov vs Boleslavsky, 1945 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

Ragozin vs Veresov, 1945 
(B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 35 moves, 1-0

I Lipnitsky vs Smyslov, 1951 
(E33) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 23 moves, 0-1

Petrosian vs P Vaitonis, 1952 
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0

Bronstein vs E Rojahn, 1956 
(C58) Two Knights, 38 moves, 1-0

42 games

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