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Oldrich Duras

Praha 1954

by Louma, Podgorny, Richter

Bio, games, studies, problems, photos

Louma, Josef / Podgorny, Jiri / Richter, Emil: Oldrich Duras: velky mistr sachove kombinace. Zivotni dilo. Praha, STN, 1954. Orig. cloth, dust jacket is missing. Frontispiece (portrait of O. Duras), 392 pages + 16 unnumbered pages with 24 photos. Published 2200 copies. 630 grams. Size 21 cm. In Czech. Book code 505597

Fair: some general signs of use, some wear to covers, in text can be some marks or notes. Dust jacket is missing, otherwise everything is complete.

Oldrich Duras (1882-1957) was one of the strongest Czech chess players of all time, he belonged to the best players of the world in early 20th century. Several times Czech champion, shared winner in tournaments Barmen 1905 (with A. Rubinstein), Vienna 1908 (with Maroczy and Schlechter), Prague 1908 (with Schlechter), Breslau 1912 (with Rubinstein), etc. His last tournament was Mannheim 1914, then Duras never came back to the tournament chess after the wwi.

Duras was a player of the original style - he did not like to learn a theory but he was smart tactician and was very strong in complicated positions. Many of his combinations came into various tactics manuals. Duras is also well-known as a composer of both endgame studies and problems.

Title of this book means in English: Oldrich Duras, the Great Master of Chess Combination. The Life Work. The books includes:

Duras' chess biography
200 annotated games
detailed career record, crosstables of his tournaments
40 endgame studies and 50 problems composed by Oldrich Duras
24 interesting photos
index of players, Duras' contributon to the chess theory

5x stock photo

Please notice that the pictures are stock photos and their condition can be somewhat better than in reality. Our copy is Fair only.

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Postage EUR (insurance included). Item weight 630g
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