In this work dedicated to the Soviet chess school and the work of its most prominent representatives, the authors sought to show the sources of power of the Soviet chess movement, which now has no equal in the world, both in terms of mass character and outstanding sports and creative achievements, sought to determine the characteristic features of Soviet chess art. A detailed gallery of creative portraits with numerous parts and endings is given: Botvinnik, Bronstein, Petrosyan, Korchnoi, Spassky, Keres, Smyslov, Geller and many others. The games and endings placed in the book, according to the authors, should show a wide circle of chess lovers the nature of the work of the leading representatives of the Soviet chess school. The book is a bibliographic rarity. Designed for a wide range of chess lovers.