# #71. Semyon Furman: You Ask The Questions (1/2) | The Essential Sosonko

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Podcast: [New In Chess Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-in-chess-podcast-6749297)
Published: 2025-07-18T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://app.springcast.fm/19396/71-semyon-furman-you-ask-the-questions-the-essential-sosonko-1
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## Resource

This week's episode of the New In Chess Podcast features a narration from "The Essential Sosonko", a collection of chess portraits based on personal stories authored by chess grandmaster Genna Sosonko. This episode is the first in a two-part story about late Soviet grandmaster Semyon Abramovich Furman (1920-1978). A late bloomer in chess, who became grandmaster at the age of 45(!), Furman gradually made his way to the chess elite after the end of the Second World War. As a trainer, he is best known as a formative figure in the career of World Champion Anatoly Karpov, credited with developing the youngster's enormous talent. He also had other students, among which Genna, who refers to him as "essentially my only trainer". Furman died in 1978 of cancer, just as Karpov was solidifying his dominance on the world stage. He is remembered as a brilliant mentor and theoretician, whose influence lived on through his students, including Genna. The hardcopy version of "The Essential Sosonko" is available for purchase in its entirety on the New In Chess website: https://www.newinchess.com/the-essential-sosonko Enjoy this week's episode of the New In Chess Podcast!

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