VIII All -Union Chess Farm. Ed. Rabinovich I.L.

VIII All -Union Championship (Leningrad 1933), as any chess event exclusive in importance, summarizes certain results of the activities of the Soviet chess organization. It is already the fact that for the first time after a large break, it again gathered all the best qualified forces of the Union, that all young and old masters without exception sought to take part in this tournament, so to speak, “rushed into battle” speaks of the specific gravity of chess in our cultural construction.

Recently, the authority of Shahorganizations in the center and in the field has grown incredibly. Chess won a strong place in houses and cultural holidays, they deeply entered in everyday life, they attract hundreds of thousands of workers and employees, Red Army soldiers, collective farmers, pioneers.

Responsible chess competitions are no longer stretched for several months, like this Usually took place several years ago. With the light hand of Leningrad, who organized his championship in 1932 with the release of participants from work, this experience quickly transferred to all the more or less outstanding trade union, female, team and other events. Not only in the All -Union and Republican competitions, but also in city tournaments, chess players and chess players are exempted from work in order to surrender to chess creativity at all 100% and conduct a demonstrative competition in all respects.

Soviet masters are a huge detachment of a huge The army of qualified chess players, on whose work we are studying and improving our youth and whose successes are monitored by the entire Soviet Union. The Soviet master is a welcome guest in all tournaments, circles, clubs; They listen to his opinion, they submit to his authority.