Шахматы за 1956 год.
Сборник.
Москва: Физкультура и Спорт, 1958.
333 с. Твердый переплет. Обычный формат. Тираж: 20000 экз.
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Chess for 1956 (Shakhmaty za 1956 god). A Collection.
Moscow: Fizkultura i Sport, 1958.
333 p. Hardcover. Standard format. Edition of 20,000 copies.
This annual collection is a significant chronicle of Soviet chess during its golden age. Published by the central sports publishing house, it provides an authoritative overview of the key events of 1956, most notably the fiercely contested 23rd USSR Chess Championship. The volume features analyses and commentaries by an elite group of Soviet grandmasters and masters, including Isaak Boleslavsky, Alexander Kotov, Viacheslav Ragozin, and others. Such collections were more than just tournament books; they served as vital educational tools for a vast chess-playing nation, disseminating the latest strategic ideas and theoretical developments from the world's leading chess superpower. It is an essential primary source for understanding the depth and culture of Soviet chess in the mid-1950s.