Samuel Lipschutz A Life in Chess |
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| Author:
| Davies, Stephen |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-9596-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $55.00USD $5.50 |
Book Description:
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Samuel Lipschutz was born in Hungary in 1863 and migrated to New York in 1880. He joined the Manhattan and New York Chess Clubs, soon became champion of the latter club and represented it at the British Chess Association Congress in London in 1886. This book gives an account of Lipschutz's chess career, life and milieu and addresses questions surrounding his first name, his periods away from New York and misconceptions concerning the American championship.
Samuel Lipschutz was born in Hungary in 1863 and migrated to New York in 1880. He joined the Manhattan and New York Chess Clubs, soon became champion of the latter club and represented it at the British Chess Association Congress in London in 1886. This book gives an account of Lipschutz's chess career, life and milieu and addresses questions surrounding his first name, his periods away from New York and misconceptions concerning the American championship.