First Grandmaster of the Soviet Union Sale - Queen’s Gambit Declined -

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As one of the nation's leading tournament players and champions

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If there is one phase of the game which separates the professional from the amateur

First Grandmaster of the Soviet Union Sale - Queen’s Gambit Declined -Born in Bakhmut, Ukraine, and brought up in Odessa, Boris Verlinsky (1888 1950) was the first holder of the grandmaster title in the Soviet Union, and he was consistently one of the top Soviet players in the 1920s. He earned the masters title at the 1924 Soviet Championship and won fourth prize at the 1925 Championship, defeating the tournament winner Bogoljubov along the way. Verlinsky then crushed Capablanca at the 1925 Moscow International