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Oldrich Duras Louma, Podgorny, Richter. Praha 1954 View Watchlist >

Biography, games, studies, problems, photos

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Oldrich Duras

Praha 1954

by Louma, Podgorny, Richter

Bio, games, studies, problems, photos

 

Louma, Josef / Podgorny, Jiri / Richter, Emil: Oldrich Duras: velky mistr sachove kombinace. Zivotni dilo. 

Praha, STN, 1954. Orig. cloth, dust jacket is missing. Frontispiece (portrait of O. Duras), 392 pages + 16 unnumbered pages with 24 photos. Published 2,200 copies. 630 grams. Size 21 cm. In Czech. Book code 502758

Good / missing dust jacket: light/some general signs of use.

Oldrich Duras (1882-1957) was one of the strongest Czech chess players of all time, he belonged to the best players of the world in early 20th century. Several times Czech champion, shared winner in tournaments Barmen 1905 (with A. Rubinstein), Vienna 1908 (with Maroczy and Schlechter), Prague 1908 (with Schlechter), Breslau 1912 (with Rubinstein), etc. His last tournament was Mannheim 1914, then Duras never came back to the tournament chess after the wwi.

Duras was a player of the original style - he did not like to learn a theory but he was smart tactician and was very strong in complicated positions. Many of his combinations came into various tactics manuals. Duras is also well-known as a composer of both endgame studies and problems.

Title of this book means in English: Oldrich Duras, the Great Master of Chess Combination. The Life Work. The books includes:

  • Duras' chess biography
  • 200 annotated games
  • detailed career record, crosstables of his tournaments
  • 40 endgame studies and 50 problems composed by Oldrich Duras
  • 24 interesting photos
  • index of players, Duras' contributon to the chess theory

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