Welcome back to another monthly edition of Perpetual Chess, Chess Books Recaptured! This month, I am joined by electrical engineer, Chessable author, and chess blogger, Vjekoslav “Vjeko” Nemec. Like me, Vjekoslav is a big fan of GM Genna Sosonko’s writing, so we were eager to discuss one of his books. Vjeko and I agree that The World Champion’s I Knew may not be Sosonko’s best book, but due to its prominent subjects,  it might be the most accessible. Like his other books, The World Champions I Knew is marked by vivid first hand accounts and beautiful prose, and its high points make the book well worth reading. In his book, GM Sosonko writes about 7 different world chess champions, so Vjeko and I spent time sharing quotes and reflections about each essay, and ranked our favorite chapters. Please read on for more details and timestamps. If you are not seeing embedded hyperlinks in your podcast feed,  you can find them here:https://www.perpetualchesspod.com/new-blog/2020/6/23/bonus-pod-recapping-the-world-champions-i-knew-by-gm-genna-sosonko Mentioned: Perpetual Chess interview with GM Genna Sosonko (June 2018), Smart Chip from St. Petersburg, Russian Silhoettes, The Reliable Past,  Evil-Doer: Half a Century with Viktor Korchnoi, GM Garry Kasparov   Mentioned: The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein, John Hartmann,  The Genius and The Princess by Edward Winter Mentioned: Chess Historian Edward Winter on SourcingMentioned: Smyslov on the Couch, The Gulag Archipelago by Solzhenitsyn Mentioned: Todd Bryant, Mike Zaloznyy Mentioned: Soviet Outcast: The Life and Games of Grigory Levenfish, GM Viktor Korchnoi Mentioned: GM Boris Spassky, GM Efim Geller   https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-support-chess-in-the-slums-in-nigeria  Puzzle #1- White to move WhitePawn h4King b1Queen c2 BlackPawns g7 and h5King h7Queen g6  https://lichess.org/study/2Jj2xWA5Puzzle #2- White to move White Rook a1King d2 BlackPawns on b2 and c2King b4 https://lichess.org/study/z7M9gUy5!  Follow Vjeko on twitter here: https://twitter.com/chessentials_Read his Chessentials blog here: https://chessentials.com/Buy his Chessable course here: https://www.chessable.com/the-modern-defense-against-everything/course/27749/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices