Daniele Fabbri writes:

Before they begin their great match game, Luzhin greets Turati with the
good-humored cry of "Avanti" (meaning "Come on"). Filippo Turati
(1857-1932) was among the founding fathers of Italian Socialist Party. The
Party's newspaper was called "Avanti!" (Forward!") A Nabokovian inside joke?

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