Author:Dawid Markelowicz Janowski (1868-1927) signed
Year: 1895-1922
Publisher :Self published
Place:Hastings
Description:
Autograph sheet with 2 handwritten signatures by Dawid Janowsky from 1895 and 1922. Sheet size 8" x 6 1/2").Janowsky's first handwritten signature has a few additions written by him: "D Janowsky Paris / Hastings 2 September 1895". Janowsky's second handwritten signature has a pencil inscription "1922" from one of the previous owners.
Dawid Markelowicz Janowski (often spelled David) was a French chess player. Several openings variations are named after Janowski. Janowski was devastating against the older masters such as Wilhelm Steinitz (+5−2), Mikhail Chigorin (+17−4=4) and Joseph Henry Blackburne (+6−2=2). He had minus scores, however, against newer players such as Siegbert Tarrasch (+5−9=3), Frank Marshall (+28−34=18), Akiba Rubinstein (+3−5), Géza Maróczy (+5−10=5) and Carl Schlechter (+13−20=13). He was outclassed by world champions Emanuel Lasker (+4−25=7) and José Raúl Capablanca (+1−9=1), but scored respectably against Alexander Alekhine (+2−4=2). In particular, he was able to beat at least once each of the first four world champions, a feat shared with Siegbert Tarrasch alone.
Janowski played three matches against Emanuel Lasker: two friendly matches in 1909 (+2−2 and +1−7=2) and one match for the world chess championship in 1910 (−8=3). The longer 1909 match has sometimes been called a world championship match, but research by Edward Winter indicates that the title was not at stake. (Wikipedia)
On the lower sheet there is another handwritten signature of "Hazel C. Webster Marshall Club 1923".
The sheet comes from the autograph book in the library of the American chess master and organizer Horace R. Bigelow (1898-1980).
Condition:
The sheet is toned, heaver at the edge and with marginal wear, verso blank else very good.
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