How the Early Soviet State Turned Chess Into a Tool
A look inside the origins of Soviet chess culture. These articles trace how early USSR institutions and political leaders transformed chess into a tool for education, discipline, and national development, setting the foundation for decades of dominance in world chess.
Garry Kasparov
A scholarly profile of Garry Kasparov, tracing his early life in Baku, rise through Soviet chess, world championship career, rivalry with Anatoly Karpov, contributions as an author and theoretician, and enduring place in chess history.