...Like when the capital's classic was played in two colors, and coexistence allowed the mocking smile of victory, or the self-absorbed silence of defeat. Let's read football in peace, and let's play to think with our feet instead of going around the world living together kicking.

...Like when the capital's classic was played in two colors, and coexistence allowed the mocking smile of victory, or the self-absorbed silence of defeat. Let's read football in peace, and let's play to think with our feet instead of going around the world living together kicking.

Literature and boxing were born, raised  and grew up together. And the great merit they have had has been to give man a reason for living: hands were made to leave a mark. This is the art of living leaving a mark.

To those lovers of the beautifully useless, and to those who want to know what it feels like to see life through art that hides behind a checkmate, to them and to everyone who wants to risk their lives on a board we dedicate these Twenty-four Russian Miniatures .