The Steeplechase (Tactician's Handbook)
Victor Charushin was born in the Russian Republic of Udmurtija in 1932. He is by profession a civil engineer, lecturing at the Academy of Architecture and Building in Nizhny Novgorod where he lives  but his first love is chess. Victor is well known in the world of correspondence chess, and has placed among the prize-winners in several European Championships. In 1986 Victor earned the ICCF International Master title, after which his attention turned to writing. Charushin is the author of over a dozen books, including biographies of Alekhine and Bogoljubow.