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I am Janis Elsbergs, an author, translator and amateur chess player and avid chess history reader. This page seems, in general, quite trustworthy to me. For those who read in Russian, a thoughtful book about Flohr can be suggested - Refugee, by Vladimir Moschenko (published as Lyubov and shakhmaty [Love and Chess]. Mikhail Tal, Salli Landau, Salo Flohr', Moscow, Zebra E Poligrafizdat Publishers, 2009, ISBN 978-5-94663-921-7 - in one volume with the memoirs of Salli Landau, Tal's first wife).' A point of interest which is not enlightened upon here is the question why Flohr did not participate in 1948 world chess championship. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.84.128.6 (talk) 19:54, 10 December 2012 (UTC) [reply]

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The Unfortunate Fate of Salo Flohr has a ton of nuggets. I love the translated article by Flohr - my favourite part (out of several contenders) is "It was in Moscow, 1925, that the first great international chess competition was held (note 4). This world-class chess event would provide these scientists the opportunity to study the grand masters, and thereby determine what, if any, special mental or physical characteristics these expert chess players possessed" - it reminds me of two Doctor Who vs Daleks adventures. Philcha (talk) 14:00, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]