Article Number
LXLILCSK
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Chess Survivor (pb)
344 pages, paperback, Quality, 1. edition 2025, original edition 2024
From the series »Chess Classics«
In Chess Survivor – The Last of the Greats a chess legend shares his life story and annotates his best games.
When FIDE introduced the grandmaster title in 1950, Andor Lilienthal was one of the 27 names on that original list. And when he died at age 99, he was the last survivor of that historic group. This inspired our title. Douglas Griffin translated Lilienthal’s book from Russian and added 17 games to the 60 that Lilienthal annotated.
Lilienthal met or played all the World Champions of the 20th century. In fact, that understates it – Lilienthal won a game against Lasker, whose reign began in the 19th century. And some 21st-century champions, such as Vladimir Kramnik, certainly met Lilienthal. One might say that Lilienthal was connected to three centuries of chess.
Lilienthal’s quality of play matched his longevity. Most famous is his win against Capablanca in 1935. Equally famous is the story that when Bobby Fischer saw Lilienthal in the audience during his 1992 return match against Spassky, Fischer immediately said: “Pawn e5 takes f6!” – a reference to that Capablanca game.
When FIDE introduced the grandmaster title in 1950, Andor Lilienthal was one of the 27 names on that original list. And when he died at age 99, he was the last survivor of that historic group. This inspired our title. Douglas Griffin translated Lilienthal’s book from Russian and added 17 games to the 60 that Lilienthal annotated.
Lilienthal met or played all the World Champions of the 20th century. In fact, that understates it – Lilienthal won a game against Lasker, whose reign began in the 19th century. And some 21st-century champions, such as Vladimir Kramnik, certainly met Lilienthal. One might say that Lilienthal was connected to three centuries of chess.
Lilienthal’s quality of play matched his longevity. Most famous is his win against Capablanca in 1935. Equally famous is the story that when Bobby Fischer saw Lilienthal in the audience during his 1992 return match against Spassky, Fischer immediately said: “Pawn e5 takes f6!” – a reference to that Capablanca game.
| EAN | 9781784831332 |
|---|---|
| Weight | 640 g |
| Manufacturer | Quality |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Height | 24 cm |
| Medium | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2025 |
| Author | Andor Lilienthal |
| Series | Chess Classics |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78483-133-2 |
| Year of Original Version | 2024 |
| Pages | 344 |
| Binding | paperback |
| Name | Quality Chess UK Ltd |
|---|---|
| Adresse | Suite442-443, Baltic Chambers,50 Wellington Street Glasgow G2 6HJ Großbritannien |
| Internet | www.qualitychess.co.uk |
| info@qualitychess.co.uk |
Verantwortlicher Importeuer:
| Name | Schachversand Niggemann |
|---|---|
| Adresse | Schadowstraße 5 48163 Münster Deutschland |
| info@schachversand.de | |
| Internet | www.schachversand.de |
006 Key to Symbols Used & Bibliography 6
007 Translator’s Foreword
008 Publisher’s Foreword
009 A Few Words About Myself
017 A Few Words About My Book
019 Biographical Information
339 Opening Index
339 Lilienthal's Record against World Champions
340 Name Index
007 Translator’s Foreword
008 Publisher’s Foreword
009 A Few Words About Myself
017 A Few Words About My Book
019 Biographical Information
339 Opening Index
339 Lilienthal's Record against World Champions
340 Name Index
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