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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 | | wordfunph: Sokolsky books..
+ 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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Nov-03-13
 | | Penguincw: R.I.P. Alexey Sokolsky: Creater of 1.b4. |
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| Nov-03-13 | | parisattack: SOKOLSKY BOOKS
Bickford - Sokolsky Gambit
Bickford - Polish with 1. ...e5
Elwert - Gewinnt mit 1. b4!
Gillian - Sokolsky Opening
Grund - Sokolski-Eroffnung
Harding - Dynamic Chess Openings
Hildebrand - 1. b2-b4 (German)
Ivanov - Orangutan 1. b4
Koniwosky -Theory and Practice of the Sokolsky
Lapshun -Play 1. b2-b4
Levy - b4 Sokolsky’s Opening
Lonsdale - Sokolsky Opening: Birmingham Gambit
Lonsdale: Sokolsky Opening: Symmetrical Variation
Pallister - Beating Unusual Chess Openings
Santesiere - The Futuristic Chess Opening
Schiffler - Orang-Utan
Sokolsky - 1. b2-b4
Soltis - 1. P-QN4
Soltjar / Kadratjew - Sokolski-Eroffnung
Tangborn - Beating the Flank Openings
The Moravian Series (1-4)
Wall - Orangutan
Yakovyev- Debyut Sokolskova (Kiev 1958)
Levy's book is actually an English translation of Sokolsky's work with some updates. |
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| Nov-03-16 | | TheFocus: Happy birthday, Alexey Sokolsky. |
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Oct-05-17
 | | Troller: <As far as openings are concerned, more particularly White's first move, Henri Grob played more than 5000 corr-games with 1.g2-g4 which therefore bears his name. It is the worst of the 20 possibilities, an error! I am not sure I would call 1.f3 that, neither 1.Nh3. Both 1.h4 and 1.a4 are fine moves and the best second move depends on Black's answer. But what about the Orangutang or Sokolsky's Opening 1.b2-b4. It is perfectly all right! It has been claimed that 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 is good for Black. Complete nonsense! 
click for larger viewWhite has more central pawns and should get ready for a long game. It is not certain that the bishop should remain on the long diagonal. White's 4th move? For many years I have regarded 4.c4 as too ambitious. But after 4.e3, 4.h3 and 4.h4 I can see an initiative for White, also after 4.c3.> -Bent Larsen 2008 |
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| Jun-12-20 | | wordfunph: Sokolsky's last book before he died was The Modern Openings in Theory and Practice. rest in peace, master Sokolsky.. |
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Jun-22-21
 | | woldsmandriffield: ?A player of IM strength?. One of the strongest IMs ever? |
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Oct-29-24
 | | Gottschalk: Not in database!
[Event "Match/Federation Moscow-BLR"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1959.05.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 e5 8. Be2 c5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. h3 Nh6 13. Bd2 f5 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. O-O-O a6 16. Bc3 Qh4 17. f4 exf4 18. exf4 Rae8 19. g3 Qh5 20. g4 Qg6 21. g5 Nf7 22. h4 Qh5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Nd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qxd4+ Ne5 27. fxe5 Qg4 28. Nf4 Kg8 29. e6 Rc8 30. e7 Rfe8 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Rg1 Qf3 34. Nd5 Qe2 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Qd5+ Kxe7 37. Kb1 Red8 38. Qxb7+ Ke6 39. Nd5 Qe4+ 40. Ka1 Rxc4 41. Qe7+ Kxd5 42. Rd1+ Kc6 43. Qxd8 Qe6 44. h5 f4 45. g6 hxg6 46. h6 1-0 |
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Dec-04-24
| | Gottschalk: Susan is rejecting games for pure statistical
reasons, because she likes round numbers.
Stop that crazy woman!Put her in a straitjacket! [Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sokolsky Alexey (BLA)"]
[Black "Kuznetsov A.(URS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Qb6 7. axb5 cxb5 8. b3
e6 9. bxc4 b4 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Bd3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe2 Nbd7 15.
e4 a5 16. e5 Ne8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxd5
Rd8 22. Qe4 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc6 Bd8 27. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bb6 29. Ne7+ Kh7 30. Rd3 g5 31. Rh3+ Kg7 32. e6+ f6 33. Nf5+ Kg8
34. Rd3 a4 35. e7 Rf7 36. Rd8 Rxe7 37. Nxe7+ Kf7 38. Rb8 Bc7 39. Rxb4 Kxe7 40.
Rxa4 Ke6 41. Re4+ Kf7 42. Rxe8 1-0 |
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Jan-18-25
 | | perfidious: There is much evidence to corroborate the date of death for Sokolsky, so the games from 1971 have the wrong date or are misattributed. |
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| Jan-19-25 | | vonKrolock: <"FOUNDER OF THE LVIV CHESS SCHOOL"> From an article online in chesspro.ru
<..."he was born on November 3, 1908 in the village of Kungush, Penza Region. Alexey Pavlovich is considered a Belarusian chess player. True, he distinguished himself in the pre-war Leningrad championship, but his influence on the development of Belarusian chess is undeniable, although he mainly trained grandmaster Boleslavsky. However, he also made a huge contribution to the post-war rise of chess in Ukraine, and especially in Lviv, where he lived from 1944 to 1952."> https://chesspro.ru/_events/2009/so... |
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| Jan-19-25 | | vonKrolock: Attention to this: <"Jan-18-25 perfidious: There is much evidence to corroborate the date of death for Sokolsky, so the games from 1971 have the wrong date or are misattributed"> *(...continuing:)
In the article I linked above, game A Sokolsky vs Bronstein, 1944 is analysed, and also a game vs Iosif Rudakovsky played in 1946 in an Ukrainian event (not include here this far) |
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| Jan-19-25 | | stone free or die: <vonKrolock> by quoting <perf> are you implying the dod is wrong? I notice the article you link has this statement (via google translate): <At the end of last year, the famous master and trainer A.P. Sokolsky celebrated his 100th birthday (he was born on November 3, 1908 in the village of Kungush in the Penza region).> I think this is a quirk of the translation, or perhaps of the original writer - who I think isn't really suggesting the player lived to be 100, but rather, than the centennial of his dob was celebrated just recently (wrt the date the article was written). |
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Jan-19-25
| | perfidious: The article also stated that Sokolsky died in early 1969, which is incorrect. |
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| Jan-19-25 | | stone free or die: <perf> again, this could be a translation quirk. <Alexey Pavlovich died very early, in 1969.> Early in life, or early in the year?
I think the comma suggests the former. |
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| Jan-20-25 | | vonKrolock: <stone free or die> No. I was just trying not to 'flood' that recent post by <perfidious>. |
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Jan-20-25
| | perfidious: Apres moi, le deluge.
To coin a phrase. |
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| Jan-21-25 | | vonKrolock: Après toi le déluge... good one hehe |
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