| Feb-10-07 | | wolfmaster: I think Shumov was the first serious Russian chess player. |
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| Dec-25-07 | | Karpova: Shumov's match record:
1854
St. Petersburg
Carl Friedrich Von Jaenisch
3-5
7-5
1862
St. Petersburg
Ignatz Von Kolisch
2-6
1875
St. Petersburg
Simon Winawer
2-5
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| Aug-25-08 | | myschkin: . . .
He was a Russian chess master and composer.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilja_S... In 1867, Ilya Shumov published the first book in the world about chess compositions. It was published in St. Petersburg. "... After the death of Alexander Petrov [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexan... ] in 1867,
Ilya Shumov was considered as the best chess player of Russia. ..." http://www.peoples.ru/sport/chees_p... (small) Photo:
http://www.peoples.ru/sport/chees_p... |
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Jul-15-10
 | | GrahamClayton: Shumov received an invitation to compete in the 1851 London international tournament, but could not arrive in time to participate. |
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Jun-28-12
 | | LoveThatJoker: Ilya Shumov, today you are remembered!
LTJ |
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| Oct-09-13 | | Karpova: <Russia - We omitted in our last, for want of space, to record with much regret the death of his Excellence M. Schumoff which, as we are informed by the 'Strategie', took place at Sebastopol, whither he had gone last summer on account of ill health. M. Schumoff was born in 1819 of a noble family, and passed the earlier years of his life as an officer in the Russian navy. In 1847 he obtained an appointment at the Ministry of Marine, and afterwards held other Government offices. In 1881 he retired with the rank of Privy Councillor, which gave him the title of Excellency. M. Schumoff was one of the few Chess-players who have succeeded in combining excellence in play with proficiency in problem composition, and he also shone as an editor, having for some years conducted with much ability a chess column in a weekly Russian illustrated newspaper. In 1867 he published a collection of letter problems, of which the 'Chess Player' Chronicle' has lately been giving specimens, and up to 1874 he contributed problems to the 'Strategie' and other periodicals, but latterly he devoted himself more to practice over the board, and since the deaths of Messrs. Petroff and Jaenisch, whose intimate friend he was, he has always been considered the champion of Russian Chess. In private life he was loved for his amiable manners, his cheerfullness, and his 'jeux d'esprit'. He was fond of showing his games and conditional problems, of which last he used to give the solution in Russian verse, and was about to issue a collection of his problems when death overtook him.> From page 16 of the January 1882 'British Chess Magazine' |
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| Dec-15-17 | | zanzibar: A portrait of his is available on p13 of Bojo's(?) bio of Chigorin: https://alfaret.ru/item.php?prod=41... . |
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| Dec-15-17 | | zanzibar: Grikov bio. |
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| Dec-15-17 | | zanzibar: Actually, Wiki has a perfectly acceptable portrait (actually the same), which <CG> should just copy over. |
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| Apr-20-23 | | Gottschalk: Positional sacrifice and torture as strategy in this surprising game. [Event "St.Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1854.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shumov, Ilya"]
[Black "Jaenisch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. d4 exd4 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Qb3 Qe8 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. Re1 Bf5 15.
Rxe4 Bxe4 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Ndf3 Nf5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Ne5 Nd6 22. Nxg6 Re8 23. Rd1 Nxc4 24. Nxf8 Nd2 25. Qc2 dxc3 26. Qh7+ Kxf8 27.
Qh8+ Ke7 28. Re1+ Kf6 29. Qxe8 1-0
After 18.N2f3 what the move to liberation?
Jaenisch played the right 18...Nf5 and still lost! |
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| Jun-28-24 | | Gottschalk: [Event "St.Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1854.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shumov, Ilya"]
[Black "Jaenisch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7 9. d4 exd4 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Qb3 Qe8 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Rxe4 Bxe4 16. Nd2 Bg6 17. Re1 Qd8 18. Ndf3 Nf5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. Nxg6 Re8 23. Rd1 Nxc4 24. Nxf8 Nd2 25. Qc2 dxc3 26. Qh7+ Kxf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Re1+ Kf6 29. Qxe8 1-0 |
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| Dec-15-24 | | stone free or die: Back again, under a new guise.
The bio above should make note that the contemporaneous English literature often referred to him as <Shumoff>. I think that's the recommended name for the player in Z-base, under the principle of trying to match the comtemporaneous English-language literature for researching convenience and "time-proofing". |
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Dec-15-24
 | | perfidious: As had been the case with Petrov/Petroff, while in the 1930s English-language publications quite commonly referred to Bogo as 'Bogoljuboff'. All depends on who does the transliteration. |
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| Dec-15-24 | | stone free or die: < while in the 1930s English-language publications quite commonly referred to Bogo as 'Bogoljuboff'.> There's no question that the literature bounces around, and sometimes there's just a simple pragmatic need to settle on a particular given name. Reshevsky is a great example of this.
My perception is that Bogoljubow was always in use throughout, though I agree Bogoljuboff shows up quite a bit. His bio should mention this, and <CG> should establish an alias accordingly. Now, as for Petroff vs Petrov - I'll turn to another luminary player - Nimzowitsch. We play the Nimzovich Defense, well, I'm sure some on <CG> do. Whereas we refer to him with a more historical name - Nimzowitsch. (Note his name presented almost as many transliterations as did Reshevsky!) I'd be happy to treat Petroff the same, the opening is Petrov, and the player Petroff. But that's just my personal preference - if I felt strongly enough I'd propose a vote on the Bistro. Given that I have other priorities, I won't be doing that anytime soon. Tant pis. |
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| Feb-17-25 | | WilhelmThe2nd: Russian chess sources give Shumov's date and place of death as July, 1881 at Sevastopol. His death was recorded in the metrical books of the Church of St. John Chrysostom at Yalta. He died of an aneurysm on June 13th, 1881 (New Style; June 1st, 1881 Old Style). |
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