Legend of Alexey Vyazmanavin"s Blitz

Grossmaster Alexei Zazhmanavin (1960-2000)-a bright and tragic figure of Soviet/Russian chess. A subtle positional player who loved to improvise and brilliantly considered options. The seven -time champion of the USSR Armed Forces, the RSFSR champion, the Olympic champion and the European Champion in the Russian national team, the brilliant blitzor, who won countless competitions with accelerated control. He gave the battle to such grands as Vladimir Kramnik, Anatoly Karpov, Veselin Topalov, Vishvanatan Anand, defeated many players from the First World War hundreds. And then he burned down literally in a couple of years and passed away at the turn of the millennia, forgotten by his contemporaries ...
The author of the book, the famous grandmaster, coach and journalist Dmitry Kryakvin examined his career and the life path of Alexei Zazhmanavin. He talked with the ex -wife of Zazhmanavin Lyudmila (the memories written by her occupy a significant place in this work), as well as with Alexei Dreev, Alexei Kuzmin, Vasily Gagarin, Sergey Kalinichev, Karen Israelian, Mikhail Krasenkov and other friends and colleagues of Alexei.
In this book, you will find 75 parties of Zazhmanavin with tasks that are designed to increase your positional class and the quality of calculation of options. At the same time, the heritage of the first Russian Olympic champion awaits you on the pages next to the lines that convince anyone and never repeat his life mistakes