Sosonko: The Essential Sosonko VisibleForUsers true GAME 3 - Hou Yifan

GAME 3 - Hou Yifan (2673) - W

Autobiographical elements tracing the author's path to Grandmaster status

He excels at shogi (Japanese chess) and Go

Space advantage

PART III - Showing Ambitions

Sosonko: The Essential Sosonko VisibleForUsers true GAME 3 - Hou YifanCollected Portraits and Tales of a Bygone Chess Era Genna Sosonko is widely acclaimed as the most prominent chronicler of a unique era in chess history. In the Soviet Union chess was developed into an ideological weapon that was actively promoted by the country's leadership during the Cold War. Starting with Mikhail Botvinnik, their best chess players grew into symbols of socialist excellence. Sosonko writes from a privileged dual perspective,