Tag
#Soviet School
3 entries across 1 section of the encyclopedia.
Players
3- Player Boris Gelfand
The grandmaster from Minsk who reached the World Championship match at forty-three — a Soviet-trained classicist whose career bridged the era of Karpov to that of Carlsen.
- Player Anatoly Karpov
Ten years world champion before he ever lost the title, and the player who made positional restraint a winning strategy.
- Player Garry Kasparov
Twenty years atop the rating list, fifteen years world champion, and the player who turned opening preparation into a science.