David Bronstein was later revealed. The rumor that Bronstein was related to the disgraced former Soviet Communist leader Leon Trotsky (whose real family name was Bronstein), was treated as unconfirmed, but doubtful, by Bronstein in his book "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1995). This belief could have explained the imprisonment of Bronstein's father. With the tide turning towards an eventual Soviet war victory over the Nazi invaders, Bronstein was able to once again play some competitive chess. His first top-standard Soviet event was the 1944 USSR Championship, where he won his individual game against eventual winner (and soon-to-be world champion) Mikhail Botvinnik. Bronstein moved
Lev Lyubimov of the book of recollections «Na chuzhbine» (1963), in which he describes the figures of Russian emigration, e.g. Kuprin, Bunin, Rakhmaninov, Alechin. Lev Dmitriyevich Lyubimov died in 1976. Lev Lyubimov Lev Dmitriyevich Lybimov (Russian: Лев Дмитриевич Любимов; 31 July 1902, Tula, Russia – 1976) was a Russian journalist, writer and art historian; author of the book of recollections entitled “Na chuzbine” («На чужбине», 'In a Strange/Foreign Land'). Lyubimov was a White emigre but returned to Russia after World War II. Lev Dmitriyevich Lyubimov was a son of Dmitry Lyubimov, an assistant of the secretary of state of the State Council.