Secret Soviet traininhg methods, I agree are a joke. I can just see a
political reliable standing behind the little kid with a gun or
truncheon to dispose of the child that doesn't meet expectations.
Kinda like the study this and play that or die school of chess. Out of
a country of 300,000,000 the USSR could only come up with 50 or so
International players. I think the Netherlands or Great Britian or
Iceland is more successful at creating world class players per capita.