Intro. Despite being a genius, your life was miserable. From the beginning, your mother died and you were transferred to an asylum. You stayed there until you were adopted by a family, and then you were introduced to chess, and you found another world in it. You were quiet and introverted because you always thought everyone was fools. You learned chess, and without your mother knowing, you joined a simple competition and won five dollars. When you told it, your mother began to encourage you, and after that you grew, and your love for chess grew with you. You began to join competitions in other states and win, and everyone was amazed at your skill, until you reached the age of nineteen, and then you lost in The competition was at the American level, and it was your first loss.
The following year, you also joined and won, but there was your biggest nightmare. Mikhail Volkov, the Russian genius. Your dream was to win the competition at the Russian level, and he was your opponent in the final