The Wizard of Warsaw: A Chess Biography of Szymon Winawer Chess Opening Books except she’s starting to crumble

except she’s starting to crumble under the weight of everyone’s expectations

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Also includes the fascinating story unearthed by Bruce Monson of Lavieve Hines

000 were printed

The Wizard of Warsaw: A Chess Biography of Szymon Winawer Chess Opening Books except she’s starting to crumbleSzymon Winawer was a world top 10 player in the 1870s and 1880s, dueling with such titans as Steinitz, Lasker, Anderssen, Marshall, Chigorin, Zukertort, Louis Paulsen, Janowski, Maroczy, Tarrasch and others, and defeating most of the leading players of his time. He won or took prizes in major international tournaments, including Paris 1867 (second, behind Kolisch and above Steinitz), Leipzig 1877 (fourth, behind Paulsen, Anderssen and Zukertort),