Paul Felix Schmidt: A Winning Formula

320 pages with diagrams, photographs, facsimiles, map, appendix and index. Royal octavo (9 ;3/4" x 7") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by Eva Regina Magacs. First edition. A definitive biography by Eva Regina Magacs and chess historian Michael Negele. Estonian and German International Master Dr. Paul F. Schmidt was among the top chess players in the world from 1935 to 1943, as well as a prolific chess journalist and author of "How Chessmasters Think." He later emigrated to the United States and became a leading scientist in the field of semiconductors. The book traces the Schmidt family from the early 1800s, illuminating the history and culture of the Baltic area of what is now Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Set against the backdrop of revolution and two world wars, it shows how integral chess was to the culture of the times and to the Schmidt family. The book contains the complete English and German text, along with a collection of 12 games featuring commentary by Schmidt himself. It is extensively illustrated. Condition: Inscription to title. Spine heal bumped else near fine.…