I have known about Leonid Stein through an outstanding book by Raymond Keene -  Leonid Stein Master of Attack.  He was truely an attacking genius.

i like this guy!

Thanks Roman!

It wos great.

ooh, yes, I knew him well, but Stein was in the shade of other soviet grandmasters, thanks for video lesson

Fantastic video!  Thank you Roman for the going above and beyond...

I wonder if Stein disliked trading Queens as much as he disliked playing for a draw 

Sad to say that we never got much exposure to his chess genius ... and it was our loss in the West during those years.  I hope to learn more about Leonid Stein,  from the games he played here ... truly amazing chess genius.   I mean he just "handled" Petrosian, one of the greatest defensive players ever ... wow!

Great stories and great games! Amazing!

Loved the lecture!  "whole buffet of blacks pieces." that's such a great line!

so great to have this series back. its my number 1 on chess.com 'greatest chess minds' by Roman. i had never heard of this player. thanks again Roman

Thanks Roman

nice said

Enjoyed the history and games.

One of the best videos I've ever seen!!!

Roman is the man

Nice video these games are beautiful good choice this is refreshing ! I had heard of Leonid Stein in Kasparovs books on my great predecessor.Kasparov praised his calculating abilitys if i remember well he said that he did not calculated variation but  saw through them. A true genius! tx

I love the personal stories from Roman about these chess greats.

These were wonderful games.  It was nice to hear a little bit about Leonid Stein, a few of whose games I had played over in the past (from Chernev's books, I think?).  I look forward to more.

They'll have all "buffet" of black pieces haha

That guy was smokin'!