Ilya Shumov

Ilya Stepanovich Schumow (Russian Илья Степанович Шумов, scientific transliteration Ilya Stepanovic Šumov; * 16 Junijul / June 28 1819greg in Arkhangelsk. . † July 1881 in Sevastopol ) was a Russian chess master and composer.

Schumow, who was for 18 years an officer in the Russian Baltic Fleet until 1847, began an intensive care of chess after he had taken his service in the Navy Department in Saint Petersburg. Within a short time he counted alongside Alexander Petrov and Carl Jaenisch Ferdinand to the best chess players in Russia. Howard Staunton invited him for the first international tournament in chess history to London in 1851 one, but could Schumow the invitation, as well as Petrov and C. Jänisch, do not accept.

1854 Schumow played in St. Petersburg two competitions against CF Jänisch (3-5 and 7-5). In 1862 he was defeated Ignaz von Kolisch in St. Petersburg with 2-6 and 1875 Szymon Winawer with 2-5. According to Petrov's death in 1867 was Schumow as the best player in Russia. In 1869 he was co-founder of the St. Petersburg Chess Society. In 1869 he started a chess column in the Wsemirnaja Illjustrazija to lead the Mikhail Chigorin took over after Schumows death in 1881. Among his pupils were the Russian champions Emanuel Schiffer and Adolf Albin.

His best historical Elo rating was 2489th This he reached in October 1863. At times, he was number 7 in the world rankings.

Schumow composed about 200 chess compositions, in which he einwob entertaining topics that occasionally also contributed political character. In 1867 he published a collection of 84 tasks.

Chess composition

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