The Legend: Leonid Stein - GM Ben Finegold - 2015.05.21

Grandmaster Ben Finegold profiles three-time USSR Champion Leonid Stein, one of the greatest ever to never become world champion. See great games played by this brilliant attacker. Stein-Kwiatkowski, 1959: D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted, 3.e4 Leonid Stein vs Semyon Abramovich Furman, Olympiad URS (1959): B44 Sicilian defence Stein-Sakharov, 1960: B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack Stein-Zurakhov, 1960: B66 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 Stein vs Isaak Iosifovich Lenchiner, Ukranian Ch (1960): B98 Sicilian, Najdorf variation Stein vs David Bronstein, USSR Championship 1961a (1961): B06 Robatsch (modern) defence Stein vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, USSR Championship 1961a (1961): C19 French, Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn variation