The book is about the brightest period of the "Golden Age" of Soviet chess with its most productive form of the country's championships - the highest and first leagues in 1973-1990. They were attended by all generations of our world champions, the heirs of the Patriarch - the legendary Botvinnik .. Chess in the Soviet Union was truly a people's game . The names of the grandmasters were on the ear, their game was followed by the whole country, and the performance for the national team of the USSR was a matter of honor. The book tells about the history of the last 17 championships of the USSR and includes 93 of the brightest - in creative and sports relations - games of the strongest chess players of the country. Tables of all major leagues are given. The authors are most directly related to the events described . Grandmaster Adrian Mikhalchishin - a member of the highest and first leagues, Oleg Stetsko worked in the Chess Department of the USSR State Committee for Sports, coach of the men's national team of the USSR (1985-1989) . For all chess lovers .