Levenfish - Soviet Outcast

Deze spectaculaire stukken zijn driedubbel gelood, en hun afmetingen vereisen een schaakbord met vierkantjes van 55 mm 

De koning is 10,6 cm hoog en 4,60 cm breed, de toren is 6,3 cm hoog en 4,00 cm breed.

De onderkant is van leder, niet van het gebruikelijke vilt.

De stukken zijn fijn gesculpteerd en het paard, de representatieve figuur in een schaakspel, is bijzonder goed gedaan!

Encore un titre passablement mal choisi... En fait de magie, ce livre se veut un manuel d’entraînement pour joueurs avancés, consacré aux tactiques complexes. Il regorge donc d’analyses complètes et poussées, sans doute utiles pour qui veut travailler à fond la question, mais que l’amateur d’esthétique échiquéenne trouvera certainement indigestes... A vous de voir.

Drawing on new research, this biography of William Steinitz (1836–1900), the first World Chess Champion, covers his early life and career, with a fully-sourced collection of his known games until he left London in 1882. A portrait of mid-Victorian British chess is provided, including a history of the famous Simpson’s Divan.

Born to a poor Jewish family in Prague, Steinitz studied in Vienna, where his career really began, before moving to London in 1862, bent on conquering the chess world. During the next 20 years, he became its strongest and most innovative player, as well as an influential writer on the game. A foreigner with a quarrelsome nature, he suffered mockery and discrimination from British amateur players and journalists, which eventually drove him to immigrate to America. The final chapters cover his subsequent visits to England and the last three tournaments he played there. A4 afmeting - 415 bladen