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Masterpieces and Dramas of the Soviet Championships: Volume III (1948-1953) Plastic Chess Clocks a clear statement of theThe third volume of Sergey Voronkov's epic tale takes the reader on a historical journey through the late Stalinist period in the USSR. It covers in depth the five Soviet championships from 1948 to 1952 and the playoff match between Botvinnik and Taimanov in 1953, which concludes one month before Stalin's death. Against a background of rampant anti Semitism, a new wave of repressions and descent into the First Cold War, in which chess was an important