Vasilii N. Panov
Kurs debyutov: s vvodnoĭ statʹeĭ "Kratkaya istoriya shakhmatnoi kulʹtury" i 75 izbrannymi partiyami.
Moscow: Fizkul'tura i Sport, 1957. First edition. 367 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.25", is bound in brown cloth,, with stamped black lettering to spine and front cover. Pictoral design stamped in brown and gold on front cover depicts chess pieces on boards. Book is in fine condition, with solid binding, and clean, unmarked pages.
Russian-language study of chess openings and a "short history of chess culture" by Soviet chess player, author, and journalist Vasily Nikolayevich Panov (1906-1973), who was winner of the Moscow City Championship in 1929, played in five USSR Chess Championships from 1935 to 1948, and was awarded the International Master title by the International Chess Federation in 1950.