Line 1:
'''Veniamin Innokentevich Sozin''' (1896–1956) was a Russian [[chess master]], author, and theoretician.
==Legacy==
{| align="right" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
|-valign="top"
|
{{Chess diagram small|=
| tright
| Sozin Attack
|=
|rd|nd|bd|qd|kd|bd| |rd|=
| |pd| | |pd|pd|pd|pd|=
|pd| | |pd| |nd| | |=
| | | | | | | | |=
| | |bl|nl|pl| | | |=
| | |nl| | | | | |=
|pl|pl|pl| | |pl|pl|pl|=
|rl| |bl|ql|kl| | |rl|=
| 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4
}}
|
{{Chess diagram small|=
| tright
| Sozin Variation 11...Nxe5
|=
8 |rd| |bd|qd|kd|bd| |rd|=
7 | | | | | |pd|pd|pd|=
6 |pd| | | |pd|nd| | |=
5 | |nl| | |nd| | | |=
4 | | | |pd| | | | |=
3 | | | |bl| |nl| | |=
2 |pl|pl| | | |pl|pl|pl|=
1 |rl| |bl|ql|kl| | |rl|=
a b c d e f g h
| 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Nxe5 (diagram) 12.Nxe5 axb5 and now White has 13.Qf3 (Stahlberg), 13.0-0 (Rellstab), 13.Bxb5+, or 13.Qb3.
}}
|}
{{algebraic notation|pos=secleft}}
===Sozin Attack===
He advocated the Sozin Attack (White's 6.Bc4 ) against the [[Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation]] around 1930, which became popular from the 1950s, and was frequently employed by [[Bobby Fischer]], who refined and advanced its theory whereby it became known as the [[Sicilian Defence, Najdorf Variation#Fischer–Sozin Attack|Fischer–Sozin Attack]].
===Sozin Variation===
In 1925, Sozin introduced the Sozin Variation (Black's 11...Nxe5) against the [[Semi-Slav Defense#Meran Variation: 6.Bd3|Semi-Slav Defense, Meran Variation]] ([[Encyclopedia of Chess Openings|ECO]] D49) in the [[Queen's Gambit Declined]], which since has become standard play.
==References==
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book
| last=Hooper
| first=David
| authorlink=David Vincent Hooper
| last2=Whyld
| first2=Kenneth
| author2-link=Kenneth Whyld
| title=The Oxford Companion to Chess
| page=316
| publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]
| year=1987
| isbn=0-19-281986-0}}
{{refend}}
{{Persondata
| NAME = Sozin, Veniamin
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Russian chess player
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1896
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH = 1956
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sozin, Veniamin}}
[[Category:1896 births]]
[[Category:1956 deaths]]
[[Category:Russian chess players]]
[[Category:Chess theoreticians]]
|