Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach 4:45 p.m., February 22, 2022
Ossip Bernstein (1882-1962), Russian financial lawyer, is an international chess grandmaster, who cheated death in 1918, by winning a game, in front of a firing squad in Odessa…
In 1917, when the October Revolution broke out, Ossip Bernstein found himself in the crosshairs of the Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police.
As an adviser to the banks, he is considered an enemy of the people.
While the Red Army carries out a purge among the “hostages of the bourgeoisie”, he is arrested and sentenced to death.
But an officer recognizes this talented chess player and offers him a game: if he loses, he will be shot, if he wins, he will be saved... Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach tells you about the career of a chess player. miraculous failure.