Chess Comet Rudolf Charousek

Author: Victor A Charuchin (1932- )Year: 1997Publisher: Schachfirma FruthPlace: Unterhaching Description: 276+[15] pages with portrait photograph, diagrams, tables, appendices and indices. Octavo (8 1/4" x 6") bound in original pictorial boards. First edition. Rudolf Charousek (1873-1900) was a Czech born Hungarian chess player. One of the top ten players in the world during the 1890s, he had a short career, dying at the age of 26 from tuberculosis. Reuben Fine wrote of him "Playing over his early games is like reading Keats's poetry: you cannot help feeling a grievous, oppressive sense of loss, of promise unfulfilled". The games of Charousek's student period only differ little from the ones of his schooldays. As before he only concentrated on his opponent's king and attacked it. His fantastic combinations demonstrate that his tactical talent had reached the highest level. But there were also endgames. And even uncomplicated endings panicked Rudolf. He drew two won endgames in his matc