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This week\u2019s guest on Perpetual Chess is the eminent chess author, GM Genna Sosonko. GM Sosonko has enjoyed a distinguished career as a chess player.\xa0He\xa0was once in the top 20 of the world's players and has helped train chess legends like Mikhail Tal and Viktor Korchnoi.\xa0But in recent years he has become best known for his beautiful chess writing.\xa0In our interview, we touch on GM Sosonko\u2019s career and on the story behind his emigrating from the USSR to the Netherlands in the 1970\u2019s, but the main focus of our discussion is his two most recent books:\xa0The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein, and\xa0Evil-Doer: Half a Century with Viktor Korchnoi.\xa0We talked about: What made David Bronstein's chess so brilliant? What did his peers think of him? What did those who trained with\xa0Viktor Korchnoi'\xa0say about him?\xa0Has GM Sosonko met any other chess player who could rival Korchnoi's legendary love for, will to study, and obsession with chess?\xa0What shaped the personalities of these two notoriously prickly chess legends? In closing, we touched a bit on the modern chess landscape, and of course GM Sosonko told some great stories during our conversation.\xa0He even recommended a book (although it may not be so easy to find. ) Thanks so much to GM Sosonko for joining me for a very entertaining and informative conversation.\xa0Please buy and enjoy his wonderful books here:Evil Doer: Half a Century with Viktor KorchnoiThe Rise and Fall of David Bronstein.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices