Stein: Move by Move

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Leonid Stein was a three-time Soviet Chess Champion and one of the World’s strongest players during his career, which was tragically cut short at its peak by his premature death in 1973. Stein was a fierce competitor who defeated virtually all of his closest rivals and enjoyed excellent results even against World Champions. Stein possessed a unique creative attacking style, and his legacy includes a number of wonderful attacking games. In this book, International Master Thomas Engqvist invites readers to join him in a study of his favourite Stein games, and shows how we can all improve by learning from Stein’s masterpieces. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge. About the Author Bibliography Introduction 1 Early Years 2 The Way to the Top 3 The Strongest Period 4 Setbacks and Bad Luck 5 The Final Years Index of Complete Games Bannik.A-Stein.L, Ukrainian Championship, Kiev 1959 Benko.P-Stein.L, Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 Berenstein.A-Stein.L, Ukrainian Championship semi-final, Kiev 1960 Birbrager.I-Stein.L, USSR Championship semi-final, Sverdlovsk 1963 Bisguier.A-Stein.L, Stockholm Interzonal 1962 Borisenko.G-Stein.L, USSR Spartakiad, Moscow 1964 Bronstein.D-Stein.L, USSR Championship, Kiev 1964 Damjanovic.M-Stein.L, Tallinn 1969 Donne.P-Stein.L, Havana Olympiad 1966 Furman.A-Stein.L, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1963 Georgescu.V-Stein.L, Bucharest 1961 Gligoric.S-Stein.L, USSR-Yugoslavia match, Lvov 1962 Kostiuchenko.A-Stein.L, Ukrainian Championship, Kiev 1959 Krogius.N-Stein.L, Russia-Ukraine match, Kiev 1960 Lazarev.E-Stein.L, Ukrainian Junior Championship, Kharkov 1951 Ljublinsky.V-Stein.L, USSR Armed Forces Championship, Moscow 1955 Malich.B-Stein.L, Toth Memorial, Kecskemet 1968 Marangunic.S-Stein.L, Zagreb 1972 Minic.D-Stein.L, Zagreb 1972 Nikitin.A.S-Stein.L, USSR Team Championship, Grozny 1969 Osnos.V-Stein.L, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1963 Radovici.C-Stein.L, Bucharest 1961 Saidy.A-Stein.L, Tallinn 1971 Ståhlberg.G-Stein.L, Yerevan 1965 Stein.L-Gershberg, Ukrainian Spartakiad, Dnipropetrovsk 1966 Stein.L-Barcza.G, Tallinn 1971 Stein.L-Bárczay.L, Sousse Interzonal 1967 Stein.L-Bronstein.D, USSR Championship, Moscow 1961 Stein.L-Cherbak.V, Avantgard Society Championship, Kiev 1960 Stein.L-Ciric.D.M, USSR-Yugoslavia match, Vrnjacka Banja 1965 Stein.L-Evans.L, Amsterdam Interzonal 1964 Stein.L-Hort.V, Sousse Interzonal (play-off) 1968 Stein.L-Kholmov.R, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1963 Stein.L-Kholmov.R, USSR Championship, Tbilisi 1966 Stein.L-Kwiatkowski.S, Ukrainian Championship, Kiev 1959 Stein.L-Langeweg.K, IBM Tournament, Amsterdam 1969 Stein.L-Lentschiner.I, Ukrainian Championship, Kiev 1960 Stein.L-Levin.M, Ukrainian Championship semi-final, Kiev 1960 Stein.L-Lutikov.A, Kislovodsk 1966 Stein.L-Nei.I, USSR Championship semi-final (play-off), Moscow 1959 Stein.L-Parma.B, Alekhine Memorial, Moscow 1971