The Russia chess historian, Linder, used the term “chess cult”31 to describe the passion for the. Shakhmaty i Shashki v Rabochem Klube, April 15, 1926, 9. Linder, Pervye Russkie mastera [The First Russian Chess Masters]. Countrymen in early rounds, “thus stripping one another of the points,”8 the Soviets. Electronic instrumentation by hskalsi free pdf.