Jewish chess masters on stamps / by Felix Berkovich ; with chess game annotations by Nathan Divinsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berkovich, Felix, 1932-

Contributor:

Divinsky, N. J., 1925-2012.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chess on postage stamps.

Jews on postage stamps.

Physical Description:

viii, 136 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2000]

Summary:

Both chess and Judaica are popular topics for stamp collectors. Here is a work that combines the two topics into one beautiful collection: the world of Jewish chess champions, their tournaments and their triumphs, as depicted on postage stamps from around the world.

Both men's and women's champions are represented, along with many positions from their games. Chess fans will especially appreciate the annotations of games depicted on stamps -- as well as comments on positions that were never played (except in the minds of stamp artists).

Chess stamps from the state of Israel are also covered, and a chapter on the "Jewish chess phenomenon" rounds out the work. Full-color illustrations of most stamps are included.

Contents:

1. Judaica Chess Philately 9

2. Jewish Chess Masters on Stamps and Covers 15

Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900) 15

Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) 21

Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995) 26

Mikhail Tal (1936-1992) 31

Garry Kasparov (1963- ) 35

Johann Jacob Lowenthal (1810-1876) 42

David Janowsky (1868-1927) 44

Akiba Rubinstein (1882-1961) 45

Aaron Nimzovich (1886-1935) 48

Richard Reti (1889-1929) 50

Salomon Flohr (1908-1983) 51

Miguel Najdorf (1910-1997) 54

Samuel Reshevsky (1911-1992) 56

David Bronstein (1924- ) 58

Efim Geller (1925-1998) 61

Alla Kushnir (1941- ) 63

Irina Levitina (1954- ) 64

Zsuzsa Polgar (1969- ) 66

Sofia Polgar (1974- ) 68

Judit Polgar (1976- ) 69

3. Israel Chess Philately 73

The First International Tournament in Israel, Haifa and Tel Avia 1958 73

The Sixteenth Men's Chess Olympiad, Tel Aviv 1964 74

FIDE Asian Zonal Tournament, Jerusalem 1966 74

The Ninth Junior World Championship, Jerusalem 1967 74

The Seventeenth World Student Team Championship, Haifa 1970 75

Moritz Oppenheim's Painting Showing Chess Players, 1975 75

The Twenty-Second Men's and Seventh Women's Chess Olympiads, Haifa 1976 76

The Ninth European Chess Team Championship, Haifa 1989 77

Computer Games, 1990 77

The Second Pan American Chess Maccabiada, Sao Paulo 1966 78

4. Chess Games on Stamps and Covers 79

Anderssen-Steinitz, Vienna 1873 79

Zukertort-Steinitz, St. Louis 1886 82

Steinitz-Bardeleben, Hastings 1895 85

Lasker-Bauer, Amsterdam 1889 88

Chigorin-Lasker, St. Petersburg 1895 90

Pillsbury-Lasker, St. Petersburg 1895 93

Iljin-Genevsky-Lasker, Moscow 1925 96

Rotlewi-Rubinstein, Lodz 1907 98

Spielmann-Rubinstein, Baden-Baden 1925 100

Johner-Nimzovich, Dresden 1926 103

Glucksberg-Najdorf, Warsaw 1935 106

Botvinnik-Capablanca, Amsterdam 1938 108

Stolberg-Botvinnik, Moscow 1940 111

Tal-Leonov, Riga 1949 113

Tseshkovsky-Kasparov, Frunze 1981 115

Kasparov-Karpov, Leningrad 1986 117

Short-Kasparov, London 1993 120

Mistakes and Fantasy on Chess Diagrams 121

5. The Jewish Chess Phenomenon 123.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-132) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

0786406836

OCLC:

43050107