Kudryavtsev: Grandmaster of Avant-Garde: The Chess Art of Galina Satonina UpdateSN_required false This conversational approach provides personal

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Kudryavtsev: Grandmaster of Avant-Garde: The Chess Art of Galina Satonina UpdateSN_required false This conversational approach provides personalGalina Satonina (19052000) was the leading chess painter of the Soviet era. A multiple time Kazan and Tatarstan ladies chess champion, she saw life as a game of chess, and her paintings speak the language of Caissa. She painted world champions and other famous players, ranging from early stars Philidor, Morphy and Anderssen, all the way through to Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov. Several of her paintings depict the chess pieces themselves and emotions