Selected Games Peter Romanovsky - Peter RomanovskyHardback, 382 pages, 2021 Elk and Ruby Peter Romanovsky (1892 1964) was Soviet chess champion in 1923(outright) and 1927 (jointly with Bogatyrchuk). According toChessmetrics he was ranked 12th in the world in 1925. Romanovsky wasalso one of Soviet chesss greatest teachers, standing at the veryfoundation of the Soviet Chess School. His pupils included Averbakh,Zak, Alatortsev, Lisitsin and many others, and he provided muchguidance to Botvinnik in his