Paul Felix Schmidt (2017) By A. J. Gillam. Paperback New

Description: 2017. . Paperback; 229 pages; 29 cross tables; career record; brief biography; many diagrams and a few illustrations; 254 games and positions from 1931-1971 all that we could find; many with notes, many by Schmidt; he was one of the strongest players in the world in the early 1940s with a retro-grading over 2600. Paul Schmidt was born in Estonia, in the Russian Empire in 1916 during World War 1. His family was soon fleeing from the Russian Revolution to Riga and then to Germany. They became German citizens. Later they returned to Estonia and became Estonian citizens. This is where Schmidt began his international chess career which lasted from 1935 until 1950. In 1939 they were expelled from Estonia and were again given German citizenship. During World War 2, Schmidt was one of the best play- ers in the world with a rating over 2600. In 1952 he emigrated to the U.S.A., with his family, and focussed on his scientific career. The family finally acquired U.S. citizenship in 1957. This book contains all of his games that I have been able to find, many with his own notes. ISBN 978-1-911444-00-8

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