2000 FIGHTING TO THE LAST PAWN MOSHE CZERNIAK - Listing # 20363

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2000 "FIGHTING TO THE LAST PAWN"

Moshe Czerniak

By Yochanan Afek & Horacio Volman

Afek, Yochanan & Volman, Horacio and Avni, Amatzia (Ed.): "Fighting to the Last Pawn (Ad Ha'ragli Ha'acharon)". (Moshe Czerniak).

Israel, Gambit Press, 2000. Original softback edition. 135 pages, with 14 photos on pages 65-72 and 1 portrait (in front cover). 23,8 x 16,7 cm. In Hebrew.

The Hebrew Title, as well as the Editor and the Publisher (I could not find a specific city. The website only mentions Israel), have been obtained from the excellent website on the Jewish Chess History in Palestine and Israel: http://jewishchesshistory.blogspot.com/

Very good to excellent: Slight cover wear. Previous owner has written in pencil, the names of opponents in English next to each game.

Includes over 90 annotated games of the Israeli chessplayer, Moshe Czerniak (1910-1984).

An interesting link about Czerniak: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Czerniak

WIKIPEDIA:

"Moshe Czerniak (Hebrew: משה צ'רניאק‎; 3 February 1910 in Warsaw, Poland – 31 August 1984 in Tel Aviv, Israel) was a Polish-Israeli International Chess Master.

In 1930 Moshe Czerniak took ninth at Warsaw in an event won by Paulino Frydman. In 1934 Czerniak emigrated from Poland to Israel (then the British Mandate). In April 1935, he tied for 7th–8th in Tel Aviv (the 2nd Maccabiah Games, Abram Blass won). He was Israeli Chess Championship in 1936 and 1938. In April 1939, he played in the First Lasker Chess Club Championship in Tel Aviv. In June 1939, he became the champion of Jerusalem. Czerniak played for his adopted country at first reserve board in the 6th Chess Olympiad at Warsaw 1935 (6 =2 −5), and at first board in the 8th Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939 (4 =2 −10).

In September 1939, when World War II broke out, Czerniak, along with many other participants in the 8th Chess Olympiad, decided to stay in Argentina.

Immediately after the 8th Olympiad, in October 1939, he tied for 3rd–4th with Gideon Ståhlberg, behind Miguel Najdorf and Paul Keres in the Buenos Aires 1939 chess tournament (Circulo). In 1940, he tied for 7–9th in Argentine championships (Torneo Mayor). In 1941, he won in Quilmes. In 1941, he took 2nd, behind Paulino Frydman in Buenos Aires, and tied for 6th–8th in the Mar del Plata 1941 chess tournament. In 1943, he took 2nd, behind Najdorf, in Rosario, and took 3rd in Buenos Aires. In 1944 and in 1948, he won in Buenos Aires. In 1949, he took 4th in Mar del Plata, and tied for 3rd–4th in Argentine championships (Torneo Mayor). In 1950, he tied for 9th–11th in Mar del Plata.

In 1950 Czerniak settled in Israel. In 1951, he won at Vienna (the 4th Schlechter Memorial). In 1951, he won at Reggio Emilia. In 1955, he won the Israeli Championship. In 1958, he took 2nd, behind Jan Hein Donner, at Beverwijk. In 1961, he tied for 1st–3rd with Milan Matulović and Petar Trifunović at Netanya. In 1962, he tied for 1st–2nd with Hiong Liong Tan at Amsterdam (2nd IBM Tournament). In 1963, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Donner, behind Lajos Portisch, at Amsterdam (3rd IBM). In 1963, he took 2nd, behind Nikola Padevsky, at Polanica Zdrój (Rubinstein Memorial). In 1964, he tied for 4th–9th at Polanica Zdrój. In 1965, he won at Netanya. In 1966, he tied for 7th–8th at Tel Aviv. In 1968, he tied for 2nd–3rd with Daniel Yanofsky, behind Robert Fischer, at Netanya.
Czerniak played for Israel in nine Chess Olympiads: 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1968, and 1974. He won the team championship of Israel in 1974 at the age of 64.

Czerniak was awarded the International Master title in 1952.

He contributed articles in Spanish, Polish, Russian and Hebrew to many periodicals, including his chess column in Haaretz for more than thirty years, and the Argentinian chess magazines Estrategia and Revista Metropolitana which he edited between 1942 and 1949. He was also founder and editor of 64 Squares (1956–59), the first Israeli chess magazine. He wrote many chess books in three languages. His books include El final (1941); Botwinnik's Best Games (1946); Sefer ha-Shaḥmat (1963); and Toledot ha-Shaḥmat (1963). He was also the chess teacher of IM and Grandmaster of chess composition, Yochanan Afek.

In 1976 he got a special award from the Israeli education ministry for his lifelong contribution to the education of chess.

The yearly chess festival in Tel Aviv is named after him."

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Item weight 336g

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Listing Format:	Auction
Current price :	€122,00
Starting bid:	€30,00
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# of bids:	11
Closes:	Auction is closed
Location:	Spain
Started:	2020-05-22 01:00:00
Ended:	2020-05-24 21:26:44
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