Grandmaster Efim Bogoljubow
For over three decades Efim Bogoljubow dominated the world of chess, along
with his rival Alekhine - yet Fate has made the latter name famous while
obscuring the former. Now chess enthusiasts can experience the life and games of
world championship contender Bogoljubow in the first of a new biographical
CD-Rom series by ICCF IM Victor Charushin. "Famous Grandmasters" brings together
an extraordinary combination of games, history, and images - delivering a total
life picture of the greatest masters of chess.
Victor Charushin is uniquely qualified to undertake a project of this scope.
His command of the subject and easy familiarity with the source material is
evident at every turn. One measure of his success is seen in the conviction,
which grows stronger with each reading, that Bogoljubow’s dramatic story could
not have been told any differently!
The Grandmaster Efim Bogoljubow CD includes:
* 1,247 games by Bogoljubow, plus compositions and excerpts from his
books. Over 625 games are annotated, often by Bogoljubow himself or
contemporaries and other great masters.
* The story of Bogoljubow’s career in easy-to-use text documents (over 70
pages!) linked throughout the database.
* More than 40 photographs and exhibits.
* Opening and Theme keys for quick access to particular games.
* A separate .pdf file (reader included) with over 75 tournament and
match cross tables.
The life and games of "Bogo" make an astonishing story, and the Grandmaster
Efim Bogoljubow CD brings both together us in a most striking fashion.
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