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Collection of Endgame Studies.
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Platoff, Vasily and Mikhail. Sbornik shakhmatnykh etyudov. Collection of Endgame Studies. Moscow, Self-published, 1914. With 153 diagrams. XII, 306 pages. Brown half-linen binding with gilt title printed on spine. L/N 2224. Sakharov 90. One of 500 copies. The present collection comprises mostly studies published between 1903 and 1914. The material was arranged according to a predetermined plan, namely "to illustrate the struggle between the different pieces as completely as possible, as well as... to demonstrate the various combinations and the characteristics of the individual pieces, attacking and defensive maneuvers that are possible in the struggle between the different pieces." (Preface) Text in German and Russian, notes on the solutions in Russian. The brothers Vasily and Mikhail Platov were among the pioneers in the field of endgame studies.
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