Veniamin Sozin

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Veniamin Innokentevich Sozin (1896–1956) was a Russian chess master, author, and theoretician.

Legacy

Sozin Attack

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4

Sozin Variation 11...Nxe5

	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h
8									8
7									7
6									6
5									5
4									4
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 (diagram) 12.Nxe5 axb5 and now White has 13.Qf3 (Stahlberg), 13.0-0 (Rellstab), 13.Bxb5+, or 13.Qb3.

This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.

Sozin Attack

He advocated the Sozin Attack (White's 6.Bc4 ) against the Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation around 1930, which became popular from the 1950s, and was frequently employed by Bobby Fischer, who refined and advanced its theory whereby it became known as the Fischer–Sozin Attack.

Sozin Variation

In 1925, Sozin introduced the Sozin Variation (Black's 11...Nxe5) against the Semi-Slav Defense, Meran Variation (ECO D49) in the Queen's Gambit Declined, which since has become standard play.

References

Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1987). The Oxford Companion to Chess. Oxford University Press. p. 316. ISBN 0-19-281986-0.

Persondata
Name	Sozin, Veniamin
Alternative names
Short description	Russian chess player
Date of birth	1896
Place of birth
Date of death	1956
Place of death

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