Category: Soviet Trainers

chess is interesting / History / Igor Bondarevsky / parapsychology / Soviet Trainers / Sports psychology

June 10, 2019

The paranormal: KGB mind control in Karpov vs Korchnoi 1978

KGB, Mind Control & Karpov-Korchnoi
1978

Was the 1978 World Chess Championship the proving ground of the KGB’s secret program on mind control? Was Korchnoi … Read the rest

chess is interesting / History / Smile! / Soviet Trainers / Sports psychology

June 6, 2019

The Talented Mr. Alexander Tolush

Alexander Tolush, enpassant

Alexander Tolush (1910-1969)
Could he have been world champion !?

Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush (1 May 1910–3 March 1969) was one of

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January 15, 2018

Samurai Spassky

Samurai Spassky

Is Spassky the greatest attacker of all time? Perhaps…but unlike Tal or Alekhine, Spassky was not a born attacker. It was only when … Read the rest