Rubinstein gewinnt! Hundert Glanzpartien des grossen Schachkünstlers

Rubinstein gewinnt! Hundert Glanzpartien des grossen Schachkünstlers

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Author: Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch (1894-1974) signed by Akiba RubinsteinYear: 1933Publisher: Verlag der Wiener SchachzeitungPlace: Wien (Vienna)Description: 151+[1 ad] pages with frontispiece portrait and diagrams. Royal octavo (8 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and decorative squares to cover and spine. Biography by Jacques Hannak. (Bibliotheca Van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 3262) Signed by Rubinstein below printed name on portrait. First edition. Akiba Kiwelowicz Rubinstein (1880-1961) 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, and shared first at Saint Petersburg. In 1912 he had a record string of wins, finishing first in five consecutive major tournaments: San Sebastián, Pöstyé

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