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Current price : | €350,00 |
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Location: | Germany |
Started: | 2019-02-01 08:00:00 |
Ended: | 2019-02-09 18:30:00 |
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Y.Schoumoff, Sobranie skahograficheskih i drugih schachmatnych sadach i polnyj schachmatny bukvar, 1867, 182 pages with 84 problems.
Russian chess master and composer Ilya Schumow (1819 - 1881) was an officer of the Russian Baltic fleet and in the naval Ministry. He was considered one of the strongest Russian chess players of his time and played several competitions against Urusov, Jänisch, Winawer and Petrov. In 1869 he was involved in the founding of the St. Petersburg chess society.
Schumow created about 200 chess compositions, some with entertainment or political connotations. The present edition is the first Russian book about chess problems. Text in Russian and French. Condition: handwritten dedication and stronger glue shadow on attachment. Label on Title verso. Browned on the inside, slightly stained and with few stamps. Handwritten note on second sheet. Cover and back covered. Rare and beautifully bound edition.
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