Spy's Mate: A Novel – HARDCOVER Chess Sets Encouraging results have made this

Encouraging results have made this set-up an increasingly popular choice both at club level and in professional chess circles

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he uses examples from Tal and his own games to show techniques and thinking structures to enable excellent attack play

) The second advantage of the Slav Defense with 4

Spy's Mate: A Novel – HARDCOVER Chess Sets Encouraging results have made thisSet in the late Cold War era Soviet Union, SPYS MATE: A NOVEL follows the coming of age of Yasha Basmajian, a young chess prodigy of Armenian origin who rises through the ranks of the Soviet chess establishment with dizzying rapidity. Along the way, however, he must contend with many pitfalls, including operatives who manipulate him, jealous rivals who try to humiliate him, and high officials who threaten him when he asserts his independence, or takes