Genius of combinations Alvis Vitolinsh. Selected parties. Lanka Z. et al.

Alvis Vitolins (1946-1997)-seven-time champion of Latvia, a chess player of an acute-playing style, one of the last debut innovators of the pre-comprehensive era. In the blitz - a world -class player and a constant sparring partner of the world champion Mikhail Tal. Vitolins often used the gambets and his novelties in the Sicilian defense, the Spanish party, the defense of Nimtsovich and Bogolyubov’s defense were used at the highest level, including applicants and matches for the title of world champion. In 1980, the first edition of Vitolins became the international master Vitolins in 1980 in Latvia in 2008 in Latvian, the tests were tested using computers available at that time. In 2021, the International Master Grigory Bogdanovich, using the latest generation computer programs, tested the entire analytical part of the book and made the necessary corrections.