Draft letter written in pencil in German with Wiener Schachzeitung

Author: Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1880-1961) signedYear: c1936Publisher: Self Written Place: Description: Draft of a letter written in pencil in German. Sheet written on both sides. Signed. Small octavo (7 1/4" x 4 3/4") with Wiener Schachzeitung volume XXXIII numbers 13/14 – 23/24 for the year 1936 and a few handwritten notes by Akiba Rubinstein in the text. Rubinstein thanks Dawid Przepiórka for his letter. He will arrive in Prague on the 10th and ask for the program and money for travel and expenses during the tournament to be sent. On the back he writes that he only has the comfortable connection with the Pullman train from Leipzig. (undated c1936) Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein was a Polish chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest players never to have become World Chess Champion. Between 1907 and 1912, Rubinstein established himself as one of the strongest players in the world. In 1907, he won the Carlsbad tournament and the All-Russian Masters' tournament