| Apr-15-05 | | Knight13: This guy is really good at playing 1. b4. This opening name should name after him. Like Sokolsky's Opening. |
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| Apr-15-05 | | Eatman: <Knight13> I believe in old Soviet Union it was in fact called Sokolsky's Opening. |
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| Apr-15-05 | | Knight13: <Eatman> Oh. I didn't know that. Thank you for telling me that. NOW I KNOW! |
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| Nov-26-05 | | WMD: Died 27 December 1969. |
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| Feb-12-06 | | Belezky: Taken from http://amici.iccf.com/issues/issue_... "... Alexey Pavlovich Sokolsky (1908 – 1969), the well-known chess master (since 1938), twice champion of Ukraine (1947/48, over-the-board), and runner-up of the 1st Soviet correspondence chess championship (1948/51). The name of Sokolsky is known now mostly due to his opening research and developments, and one can read more about him elsewhere (see [1] and references therein). Sokolsky was a recognized trainer; he taught chess since 1936, was a permanent second of his close friend I. Boleslavsky since 1945 (including FIDE Candidates tournaments 1950, 1953), head coach of the Belarus national team, and an arbiter.
He was an author of a dozen books, some of which have been translated into European languages, but we would like to mention his accomplishments [2] in addition to citations of [1]. Being interested in various chess features, he was a composer of problems and endgames studies. Finally, he was a Godfather of Belarus postal chess, he headed the Belarus postal chess commission to organise the 1st correspondence chess championship of Belarus in 1964/65." |
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| Feb-12-06 | | Belezky: References
1. T.Harding, How Sokolsky played the Sokolsky (2003) - www.chesscafe.com/text/kibitz85.pdf 2. A. Sokolsky, Pawns in Movement (Moscow, 1962), in Russian. 3. L. Bondar, E. Mochalov (eds.), Sokolsky Memorials (Polymia, Minsk, 1989), in Russian. 4. T. Harding (ed.), MegaCorr CD (ChessMail Ltd., Dublin, 1999). 5. S. Grodzensky, T. Harding, Red Letters (ChessMail Ltd., Dublin, 2003). |
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| Oct-24-06 | | mack: What a dire Solosky has on this site - could somebody sort it out, please? |
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| Mar-15-07 | | erad1288: this dude is crazy!!! He definitely has my respect even though his attacks would probably be quickly refuted by computers. His games show a great sense of attack and he could mix it up with anyone. |
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Nov-03-10
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+ 1.b4 Sokolsky Opening by David Levy
+ Play 1.b4! by Lapshun & Conticello
+ 1.b4 - Theory and Practice of Sokolsky Opening by Konikowski & Soszynski 
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| Mar-14-12 | | laurenttizano: Sokolsky Memorial , Tal , Fischer , Good Nyt ! Ave Maria!! |
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| Mar-14-12 | | laurenttizano: I will remember the Sokolsky Memorial as long as I Live.-GM Gary Kasparov! |
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| Mar-14-12 | | AlanPardew: Garry should fund a Sokolsky Memorial Memorial event. |
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