Ilya Stepanowitsch Schumow
Ilya Stepanovich Schumow ( Russian Илья Степанович Шумов ., Scientific transliteration Ilya Stepanovič Šumov * June 16 . Jul / 28. June 1819 greg. In Arkhangelsk , † July 1881 in Sevastopol ) was a Russian chess master and -komponist .
Schumow, who was an officer in the Russian Baltic fleet for 18 years until 1847 , began an intensive cultivation of the game of chess after he had taken up his service in the Navy Ministry in Saint Petersburg . Within a short period of time he was one of the best chess players in Russia alongside Alexander Petrow and Carl Ferdinand Jänisch . Howard Staunton invited him to the first international tournament in chess history in London in 1851 , but Schumow, like Petrow and C. Jänisch, could not accept the invitation.
In 1854 Schumow played two competitions against CF Jänisch (3-5 and 7-5) in St. Petersburg. In 1862 he lost to Ignaz von Kolisch in St. Petersburg with 2-6 and in 1875 Szymon Winawer with 2-5. After Petrov's death in 1867, Shumov was considered the best player in Russia. In 1869 he was a co-founder of the St. Petersburg Chess Society . In 1869 he began to lead a chess column in the Vsemirnaya Illjustrazija , which Mikhail Chigorin took over after Shumov's death in 1881. His students included the Russian masters Emanuel Schiffers and Adolf Albin .
His best historical Elo rating was 2489. This he reached in October 1863. At times he was 7th in the world rankings.
Schumow composed around 200 chess compositions , in which he woven entertaining themes that occasionally also had a political character. In 1867 he published a collection of 84 exercises.
Chess composition
Schumow Vzemirnaja Illjustrazija 1872 The Great
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Mate in 3 moves - White to move
Solution:
1. Nxg2 exd5
2. Re3 + Bxe3
3. Ne1 mate
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| SURNAME | Schumow, Ilya Stepanowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Шумов, Илья Степанович (Russian); Šumov, Ilja Stepanovič (scientific transliteration) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arkhangelsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1881 |
| Place of death | Sevastopol |