Kryakvin/Petrova-Matisa: Hero of the Pre-War Olympiads - Grandmaster Vladimirs Petrovs grundlagen Smyslov's endgames

Smyslov's endgames

Be2 (sidelines)

opening study is sheer hard work

Die WM Schachuhr der ersten Stunde in neuer Auflage

Kryakvin/Petrova-Matisa: Hero of the Pre-War Olympiads - Grandmaster Vladimirs Petrovs grundlagen Smyslov's endgamesA Forgotten Grandmaster: The Life and Games of Vladimirs Petrovs Vladimirs Petrovs (19081943) was a Latvian grandmaster whose achievements in pre war chess were systematically erased from history. Ranked no. 14 in the world in November 1938 and joint winner at the prestigious Kemeri 1937 tournament, Petrovs defeated Alekhine, Capablanca, Fine, Reshevsky, and Boleslavskyyet his name disappeared from chess literature for decades. This biography and game